Professional SAS Programmer’s Pocket Reference

Author Rick Aster Title Professional SAS Programmer’s Pocket Reference Edition 7 Released Coming soon: November 5, 2019 Format 23. Paperback 25.00 ISBN 978-1-891957-23-9 Edition 2017 Update Released May 30, 2017 Format PDF Edition 6 Released September 12, 2011 Format 18. Paperback 20.00 ISBN 978-1-891957-18-5 Professional SAS Programmer’s Pocket Reference 978-1-891957-18-5 $20.00 Fifth edition also still available

The essential compact reference book for all SAS programmers. You won’t believe how many of the SAS software and language features you actually use are covered in this little book. The seventh edition covers SAS 9 and SAS Viya and is updated for SAS 9.4M6. The sixth edition covers SAS 9 and is updated for SAS 9.3. The 2017 update adds new features through SAS 9.4M4. Pages 224 Contents 1. Environment 2. Global Statements 3. ODS Drivers 4. Files 5. Data Set Options 6. System Options 7. Macro Language 8. Data Step 9. Expressions 10. Component Objects 11. Informats 12. Formats 13. Functions 14. CALL Routines 15. Proc Step 16. Procedures Index of SAS Words Author’s site: Global Statements

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Expanded Contents

Preface
Notation

1. Environment
The SAS Data Model
 - Data Types
Session and Resources
 - Routines
 - Automatic Files
 - Session
Syntax and Programming
 - Steps
 - Tokens and Spacing
 - Character Equivalents
 - Comments
 - Statements
 - Names
 - Standard Values

2. Global Statements
(reference entries in alphabetical order)

3. ODS
Drivers
ODS Graphics
ODS Packages
Style
Escape Functions

4. Files
Devices and Access Methods
File System Options
Filerefs
Libraries
Members
Entries
Views
Indexes and Integrity Constraints

5. Data Set Options
(reference entries in alphabetical order)

6. System Options
(reference entries in alphabetical order)

7. Macro Language
Macro Variables
Macro Statements
Macro Operators
Macro Functions

8. Data Step
Data Step Programming
Data Step Statements
(reference entries in alphabetical order)

9. Expressions
Variables
Constants
Operators
 - Compound Expressions
 - Multiple Comparison Operators
 - WHERE Operators
Character Sets
Arrays
Lengths of Character Expressions
Automatic Type Conversion
Missing Values

10. Component Objects
Object-Dot Syntax
Object Classes

11. Informats
Character Informats
Numeric Informats
Time Informats

12. Formats
Character Formats
Numeric Formats
Time Formats

13. Functions
(reference entries in alphabetical order)

14. CALL Routines
(reference entries in alphabetical order)

15. Proc Step
Proc Step Programming
 - Run-Group Procedures
Proc Step Statements
Descriptive Statistics
 - Statistics Programming
 - Statistics

16. Procedures
(reference entries in alphabetical order)

Index of SAS Words