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Here lies a collection of our tips and facts about SAS, its language and history that really don't fit anywhere else.
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Organise Your Calendar With SAS
- Date:
- December 2011
There are many calendar applications available, such as Microsoft Outlook, Google Calendar, Lotus Notes, iCal, the list goes on!
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Useful Library Reference Names
- Date:
- November 2011
The following are some useful library reference names that provide a convenient shortcut to SAS functionality
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Dealing with Duplicate Keys
- Date:
- November 2011
We can use PROC SORT to sort the data by key and simultaneously remove any duplicate records that are present.
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Creating a Grouped Bar Chart with Proc SGPANEL
- Date:
- September 2011
The SGPLOT procedure can be used to easily create stacked bar charts, however it’s not so obvious how to create a grouped bar chart with the bars placed alongside each other r...
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“Before and After” Line Plots with Proc SGPLOT
- Date:
- September 2011
When graphically displaying “before” and “after” values in a line plot it is often desirable to display the results for each individual but also to group then by some other ch...
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A Simple Technique for Outputting a Data Set to a CSV File
- Date:
- August 2011
If you need to create a comma separated file from a SAS data set, then a quick and easy technique that avoids the need to insert commas between each variable
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Returning the Libname String for OLE DB and ODBC
- Date:
- June 2011
Often it is the case that it is unknown what attributes to specify when creating a libname statement when connecting to a database. This tip demonstrates how the user can find...
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Simulating Proc FREQ counts with Preloaded Formats
- Date:
- April 2011
This example shows how to generate the same frequency counts obtained from Proc FREQ but also allowing the use of preloaded formats.
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Reading a File List into a Data Set
- Date:
- February 2011
It is a common requirement to generate a list of files contained within a folder. This technique makes use of SAS’s ability to submit native commands directly to the operating...
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Dates In Foreign Languages
- Date:
- January 2011
Through its National Language Support (NLS) SAS supports an increasing number of languages.
