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SAS FAQ's
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SAS OnlineDoc available on external web site at http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/003/003170.html TIP00000 - Electronic Fuzzy Merge Application - Over 70K of code and narrative SAS Observation On-Line Version of Fuzzy Merge Application and its documentation Fuzzy Match/Merge paper

TIP00417 - This macro will take 2 SAS datasets, and run a ONE-WAY Frequency on a list of vars which are common to both datasets, and then compare the differences in the frequencies of these variables, and produce a proc print of the distributions with their differences by Charles Patridge

TIP00416 - Easter Calculation by Chris Jones

EnterPrise Miner Info & Data Mining Links at http://www.sasenterpriseminer.com/data_mining_links.htm TIP00415 - A macro to take LONG CHARACTER Variables and parse them so that they are more easily read on the screen without having to scroll left and right by Charles Patridge

Updating ZIP Code Data Sets Did you know that you can download quarterly updates of the ZIP code data set? These updates are available from SAS Maps Online. Now it's easier than ever to enhance your company's marketing strategy with up-to-date ZIP code data. Read More at: http://sems.sas.com/bess4/get?id=6603.1:-22toh0w:e422w&RZNVY=puneyrf_f_cngevqtr@cebqvtl.arg&nccvq=8563

Beyond the Basics: Advanced PROC REPORT Tips and Tricks This paper is a compilation of tips and tricks for producing PROC REPORT output. The three sections cover topics that can be used with listing output and with the Output Delivery System (ODS); can be used only with an ODS destination; and highlight new features and changes for PROC REPORT in SAS 9.2. Read More at: http://sems.sas.com/bess4/get?id=6604.1:-22toh0w:e422w&RZNVY=puneyrf_f_cngevqtr@cebqvtl.arg&nccvq=8563

SAS® for Dummies This introductory title in the fun and easy Dummies format will get you up and running using SAS®9, SAS' statistical and data analysis software. The book will introduce you to the commonly used features of the software, and then jump right into the practical aspects. Read More at: http://sems.sas.com/bess4/get?id=6607.1:-22toh0w:e422w&RZNVY=puneyrf_f_cngevqtr@cebqvtl.arg&nccvq=8563

Create Variable Labels from Data Set Values Dynamically create variable labels from data set values and apply them using PROC DATASETS. This technique can also be used when reading flat files that contain a record you want to use for variable labels.
Read More at: http://sems.sas.com/bess4/get?id=5843.1:-1y82ges:e46cs&RZNVY=puneyrf_f_cngevqtr@cebqvtl.arg&nccvq=6725

Create a New Data Set for Each BY-Group in a Data Set Create multiple SAS data sets from one SAS data set based upon the value of the BY variable.
Read More at: http://sems.sas.com/bess4/get?id=5846.1:-1y82ges:e46cs&RZNVY=puneyrf_f_cngevqtr@cebqvtl.arg&nccvq=6725

Dynamically Determine the Creation Date and Last Modified Date for an External File Use the DIR command and FILENAME PIPE to dynamically determine the creation and last modified dates of an external file on Windows.
Read More at: http://sems.sas.com/bess4/get?id=5842.1:-1y82ges:e46cs&RZNVY=puneyrf_f_cngevqtr@cebqvtl.arg&nccvq=6725

Creating Subfolders Using Hash Tables This sample, provided by SAS user Richard Wright, will create subdirectories on the fly by walking down the hierarchy and creating the subdirectory if it doesn't exist. Read More at: http://sems.sas.com/bess4/get?id=8981.1:-2gnp1ic:e44oc&RZNVY=puneyrf_f_cngevqtr@cebqvtl.arg&nccvq=6818

Professional Development Series for Budding SAS Professionals - By Bryan Beverly

  • http://support.sas.com/news/users/bbeverly_feb06.html?ETS=4716&PID=11293
  • http://support.sas.com/news/users/bbeverly_FS2Q06.html

    • Create Variable Labels from Data Set Values Dynamically create variable labels from data set values and apply them using PROC DATASETS. This technique can also be used when reading flat files that contain a record you want to use for variable labels.
    Read More at: http://sems.sas.com/bess4/get?id=5843.1:-1y82ges:e46cs&RZNVY=puneyrf_f_cngevqtr@cebqvtl.arg&nccvq=6725

    Create a New Data Set for Each BY-Group in a Data Set Create multiple SAS data sets from one SAS data set based upon the value of the BY variable.
    Read More at: http://sems.sas.com/bess4/get?id=5846.1:-1y82ges:e46cs&RZNVY=puneyrf_f_cngevqtr@cebqvtl.arg&nccvq=6725

    Dynamically Determine the Creation Date and Last Modified Date for an External File Use the DIR command and FILENAME PIPE to dynamically determine the creation and last modified dates of an external file on Windows.
    Read More at: http://sems.sas.com/bess4/get?id=5842.1:-1y82ges:e46cs&RZNVY=puneyrf_f_cngevqtr@cebqvtl.arg&nccvq=6725

    -- Using Temporary Tables to Upload and Join in a Database This SAS Note describes how to use the DBMSTEMP libname option to allow two libname statements to share a single connection to a database, which is required for performing joins of a temporary database table with a permanent database table.
    Read More at: http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/018/018714.html?ETS=4763&PID=44951

    -- Installing and Starting a PC Spawner on Windows Operating Systems A Windows spawner program enables a local host to connect to a remote host. This PDF article explains how to set user rights (which are required to start or install the program); install the spawner as a Windows service or by running it manually; and delete a spawner, as needed.
    Read More at: http://support.sas.com/techsup/technote/ts638/ts638.pdf?ETS=4763&PID=44951

    -- SAS® Learning Edition 4.1 This publication provides you with a unique opportunity to gain SAS software experience and propel your career in new and exciting directions. SAS users at all levels, from novice to advanced, will appreciate this innovative and comprehensive personal learning version of SAS. Maximize your learning experience with SAS Enterprise Guide®, which gives you point-and-click access to the power of SAS. Or write and modify SAS code using the SAS Program Editor - all on low-cost, self-install CD-ROMs.
    Read More at: http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/bookdetails.jsp?pc=61043&promo=EN&ETS=4763&PID=44951

    Creating AND Importing Multi-Sheet Excel Workbooks the Easy Way with SAS This paper discusses how you can take advantage of the XML support in Base SAS 9.1 and Microsoft Excel 2002 (Excel XP) or later. Written by Vince DelGobbo, Software Developer at SAS, this paper was well-received at SUGI 31.

    Read More at: http://support.sas.com/news/feature/2006/workbooks.html?ETS=4759&PID=44951

    Reading Multiple Files with PROC IMPORT

    Read multiple files using PROC IMPORT without having to run the code manually for each file.

    Read More at: http://support.sas.com/ctx/samples/index.jsp?sid=157&tab=code&ETS=4759&PID=44951

    QUICK TIP - by Systems Seminar Consultants - www.sys-seminar.com To enclose code or text within a block comment, highlight the selected code and press Ctrl+/
    To remove a block comment, highlight the selected code and press Ctrl+Shift+/
    This works in the SAS enhanced editor.

    More tips at http://www.sys-seminar.com/publications_tms.php

    Fun with PROC SQL Summary Functions by Kirk Lafler

     Double Metaphone algorithm by Andre Wajda at http://members.shaw.ca/andre.wajda/dmetaphone.sas How to Set a User or System Environment Variable Outside Command Context Created Within Windows Environment variables created by a set command within a Command or CMD session are not available as user or system- level environment variables outside the scope of the session in which they are created. Read More at: "http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/017/017298.html?ETS=4751&PID=44951"

    Using Perl Regular Expressions Regular expressions, or regexp, are used to search text. Regexp may seem foreign if you have not used them before. But, you may have encountered them without realizing it. Think about how you might list items in a directory. Often the ? and * characters are used to match one character or zero or more characters. Read More at: http://support.sas.com/rnd/base/topics/datastep/perl_regexp/regexp.motivation.html?ETS=4751&PID=44951

    Read zipped files into a SAS® data set Use the Winzip Command Line Support Add-on and a FILENAME statement to read zipped files into a SAS data set. Read More at: http://support.sas.com/ctx/samples/index.jsp?sid=1584&ETS=4745&PID=44951

    Tight Looping With Macro Arrays (SUGI 31 paper and code - ZIPPED) -- by Ted Clay

     Parsing a Macro Variable String -- Rob Krajcik

     Using the Proc SQL Method Option by Kirk Lafler

     TIP00414 -What happens when you try to pass Macro special symbols such as % and & inside the values of macro variables when you want to treat them as normal alpha characters by Charles Patridge

    -- FAQ: How Can I Create an Autocall Macro Library on the PC? An autocall library on the PC is simply a directory that contains noncompiled macro code. Read More at: http://support.sas.com/faq/044/FAQ04465.html?ETS=4725&PID=44951

    -- Finding an Error in Macro Variable Resolution in Open Code by Using the %PUT Statement

    This example shows how to use %PUT statements to display macro variable values and messages in the SAS log. These statements help identify problems in creating a macro variable. Read More at: http://support.sas.com/ctx/samples/index.jsp?sid=777&ETS=4725&PID=44951

    -- New Argument for Use with the COMPRESS Function

    The COMPRESS function allows you to remove selected characters from a character value. Read More at: http://support.sas.com/ctx/samples/index.jsp?sid=823&ETS=4725&PID=44951

    -- FAQ: How Can I Download an Excel File from an ODS HTML Web Page?

    You can place a download button on the HTML page that enables the reader to save the page as an Excel file. Read More at: http://support.sas.com/faq/036/FAQ03644.html?ETS=4725&PID=44951

    -- FAQ: How Can I Use PROC REPORT to Link from One Page in my PDF File to Another?

    In SAS®9 and later, the ANCHOR= statement inserts anchors into an ODS PDF output file. You can use PROC REPORT with CALL DEFINE to automate the process of linking to the anchored pages. Read More at: http://support.sas.com/faq/044/FAQ04473.html?ETS=4725&PID=44951

    -- List All .SAS Files that are Located in a Specific Directory

    Read on for the code from this highly popular SAS tip. Read More at: http://support.sas.com/ctx/samples/index.jsp?sid=588&ETS=4725&PID=44951

    TIP00413 -Adapted the List ALL .SAS files (above) so the list is saved in a SAS Dataset for processing instead of just putting them to the log by Charles Patridge

    Reading Messy Raw Data - By Lora Delwiche (University of California, Davis) and Susan Slaughter (Avocet Solutions) http://support.sas.com/publishing/bbu_tip/delwiche_reading_messy_data.html

    Adding Custom Content to the SAS Help and Documentation System - By Jodie Gilmore

    http://support.sas.com/publishing/bbu_tip/gilmore_custom_help.html

    Using the MISSING function from SAS Functions by Example - By Ron Cody

    http://support.sas.com/publishing/bbu_tip/cody_missingFunction.html

    Customize the data set browser for the SAS Explorer window -By Lynn Curley

    http://support.sas.com/sassamples/quicktips/05mar/viewtable.html

    When do I use a WHERE statement vs. an IF statement to subset a data set?

    http://support.sas.com/faq/042/FAQ04278.html

    Manipulating Data with PROC SQL

    http://support.sas.com/ctx/samples/index.jsp?sid=551

    PROC SQL Summary Functions

    http://support.sas.com/ctx/samples/index.jsp?sr=+&sid=820&os=+&summary=Y&srch=y&product=+&PROCS=+&text=

    DATA Step vs. PROC SQL - By Curt Edmonds, Simulstat Incorporated, and Sunil Gupta, Gupta Programming

    http://support.sas.com/documentation/whitepaper/technical/datastep_sunil.pdf

     SAS9 Perl Regular Expressions Tip Sheet - http://support.sas.com/rnd/base/topics/datastep/perl_regexp/regexp-tip-sheet.pdf

    SAS9 Hash Object Tip Sheet - http://support.sas.com/rnd/base/topics/datastep/dot/hash-tip-sheet.pdf

     TIP00412 - Create Sample Transaction Dataset of a Master Transaction Dataset of the Top X and Bottom Y Records based upon frequency (top most occurrences or least occurrences) of a Key variable by Charles Patridge

    -- Quick Tip: A Simple Server Monitoring Technique This coding approach by Bryan Beverly of BAE Systems Information Technology demonstrates how to use SAS to detect UNIX and Windows server response anomalies, and then notify key personnel by e-mail or cell phone text messages. The crux of this approach is the PING command. Read More at: http://support.sas.com/ctx/samples/index.jsp?sid=1556&ETS=2809&PID=44951

    -- Quick Tip: DATA Step vs. PROC SQL This tech tip by Curt Edmonds of Simulstat Inc., and Sunil Gupta of Gupta Programming, covers the issues with common variables when combining data sets. It offers general rules on how attributes and data values from two data sets are assigned for both the DATA Step and PROC SQL when you have common non-BY variables in both data sets. Read More at: http://support.sas.com/documentation/whitepaper/technical/datastep_sunil.pdf?ETS=2809&PID=44951

    Exploring the World of Indexes by Kirk Lafler

     TIP00411 - Get the full file path name within a UNIX environment by Charles Patridge

    TIP00410 - A macro to determine the Attribute Type of any SAS Variable within a SAS Dataset by Charles Patridge

    TIP00409 - create a macro variable that contains the list of variables within a given sas dataset which are only C=Character or N=Numeric variables by Charles Patridge

    Experimental GLMSELECT Procedure The newest addition to SAS/STAT software is an experimental procedure that performs model selection. The new procedure is available, by download only, for the Windows platform and works with the SAS 9.1 release. The GLMSELECT procedure performs effect selection in the framework of general linear models. Read More at: http://support.sas.com/rnd/app/da/glmselect.html?ETS=2805&PID=44951

    SAS Raises Bar on Data Mining and Text Mining SAS will ship enhancements to our award-winning data mining and text mining software this fall. SAS' integrated data mining and text mining capabilities uncover insights quickly from information contained in structured data, as well as unstructured data, in large document collections. Read More at: http://www.sas.com/news/feature/18aug05/data.html?ETS=2805&PID=44951

    SAS/ACCESS® 9.1x Interface to DB2 on the Mainframe Using the LIBNAME Engine This white paper provides an overview of the most important features and capabilities of the SAS/ACCESS Interface to DB2. General and technical product information is given for SAS/ACCESS and DB2 RDBMS users. Read More at: http://support.sas.com/documentation/whitepaper/technical/accessdb2.pdf?ETS=2805&PID=44951

    Quick Tip: Using the ERROR Statement to Identify a Data Error This example shows how you can code an ERROR statement to customize error information written to the SAS log. Read More at: http://support.sas.com/ctx/samples/index.jsp?sid=824&ETS=2805&PID=44951

    Quick Tip: Manipulating Data with PROC SQL PROC SQL users have a number of ways available to accomplish their objectives, particularly when the goal is to manipulate data. Kirk Paul Lafler explains just a few of them in this tech tip. Read More at: support.sas.com/ctx/samples/index.jsp?sid=551&ETS=2801&PID=44951

    Categories and Descriptions of SAS Functions and CALL Routines

    Identifying which SAS System Options are in Effect by Kirk Lafler

     Quick Tip: Reading and Writing in Rich Text Format This sample program demonstrates how to read from and write to Rich Text Format (RTF) files. Using this program, you can place SAS data set values into RTF documents without using "middle-ware" such as DDE, ODS or other SAS®9 tools.

    Read More at: support.sas.com/ctx/samples/index.jsp?sid=1183&tab=&_mode=preview&_subdir=sashrs&ETS=2799&PID=44951

    FAQ: When do I use a WHERE statement versus an IF statement to subset a data set? When programming in SAS, there is almost always more than one way to accomplish a task. Beginning programmers may think that there is no difference between using the WHERE statement and the IF statement to subset your data set. Knowledgeable programmers know that, depending on the situation, subsetting your data set using the IF statement is more appropriate than using the WHERE statement.

    Read More at: support.sas.com/faq/042/FAQ04278.html?ETS=2799&PID=44951

    SN-006814 -Example of SYSTASK COMMAND statement to start a SAS batch job within a SAS program http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/006/006814.html

    Customize the data set browser for the SAS® Explorer window Lynn Curley, senior technical support analyst at SAS, explains how to customize the VIEWTABLE window such that the data set is opened in edit mode by default. Read More at: http://support.sas.com/sassamples/quicktips/05mar/viewtable.html?ETS=2795&PID=44951

    Resolving a macro variable within single quotes

    "Macro variables can be resolved between single quotes using %STR inside a %UNQUOTE function," explains SAS senior technical support analyst Russ Tyndall. Read More at: http://support.sas.com/sassamples/quicktips/05mar/singlequote.html?ETS=2795&PID=44951

    Combining SAS® generation data sets into one SAS® data set

    Amber Elam, SAS technical support analyst, describes how to obtain the information on how many generations exist and the maximum number of generations that can exist. Read More at: http://support.sas.com/ctx/samples/index.jsp?sid=814&ETS=2795&PID=44951

    Destiny's tip on migrating from V8 to V9

    Quick Tip: Using the MISSING Function Ever need to check for a missing value, but not sure if the variable is character or numeric? It's not a problem when using the MISSING function, explains BBU author Ron Cody. Read More at: http://support.sas.com/publishing/bbu_tip/cody_missingFunction.html?ETS=2793&PID=44951

    Free Tutorial: Getting Started with SAS® ETL Studio

    This free tutorial provides step-by-step instructions and sample data for practicing common tasks using SAS ETL Studio. It also guides you through the process of building a sample data warehouse. Try it today! Read More at: http://www.sas.com/apps/elearning/elearning_details.jsp?pubcode=59274&ETS=2793&PID=44951

    Explore SAS Communities

    SAS communities are here to address your needs as a SAS user and offer you an intimate look at new and existing SAS products and solutions. The resources available from each community are provided to enhance your productivity and improve your SAS software experience. Choose from base SAS, data visualization, enterprise intelligence, learning edition, migration, scalability and performance, statistics and operations research, and Web technologies. Read More at: http://support.sas.com/rnd/intro.html?ETS=2793&PID=44951

    Quick Tip: Automated Storage Monitoring Routine for UNIX/Solaris Servers

    Bryan Beverly, software architect and team leader with BAE Systems Information Technology, explains how to monitor file system storage for UNIX/Solaris servers. This two-part tip shows how to detect and report space problems, and how to prevent other production jobs from executing by "tripping a circuit breaker." Read More at: http://support.sas.com/sassamples/quicktips/05feb/monitorunix.html?ETS=2793&PID=44951

    Quick Reference Guide to SAS Functions and Formats - TS486 (Dated 2/24/2000) - Thanks to Peter Crawford

    Peaceful Coexistence: The Transition from SAS® 8.2 to SAS®9 Moving from one release of SAS to another requires planning and testing. As you expand your SAS environment to include SAS®9, you must test the new environment and compare results with your existing one. Your testing and migration phase can stretch over several months; therefore, we have developed guidelines to help you through this transition. Note: Many SAS®9 and SAS 8.2 products are extremely compatible, making the transition smooth and straightforward. Read More at: http://support.sas.com/rnd/migration/resources/peaceful.html?ETS=2791&PID=44951

    The Relationship Between SAS/CONNECT® and the MACRO Facility

    Many times when working with MACRO and SAS/CONNECT, the results you see are not what you expected. It's important when using RSUBMIT within the MACRO facility to have an understanding of what happens at compile time versus what happens at execution time. Knowing the behavior of this interaction will help you in using MACRO and SAS/CONNECT together. This article details how compiled code and text affect remote submitting code within a MACRO, as well as options and functions that can help in debugging. Techniques for creating MACRO variables on the local and remote host are also discussed. Read More at: http://support.sas.com/techsup/technote/ts697.pdf?ETS=2791&PID=44951

    TIP00408 - Macro to return an expanded list of variables based on a SAS dataset by Ian Whitlock (Multiple Solutions)

    Quick Tip: Clean Up Your Messy Raw Data

    Sometimes you need to read data that just doesn't line up in nice columns or have predictable lengths. When you have these types of messy files, ordinary list, column or formatted input simply isn't enough. You need more tools in your bag - tools like the @'character' column pointer and the colon modifier. Find out more from BBU authors Lora D. Delwiche and Susan J. Slaughter.

    Read More at: http://support.sas.com/publishing/bbu_tip/delwiche_reading_messy_data.html?ETS=2789&PID=44951

    Quick Tip: Concurrent Access to SAS/SHARE® with an Exponential Backoff Phil Busby, a computer science major at North Carolina State University, submits the following tip to handle collision of packets: "Frequently, if one SAS process tries to access data in a table locked by another SAS process, it will come back to the user with an error, but continue executing the job. This can be trapped by checking &syserr." Get the complete tip from Phil. Read More at: http://support.sas.com/sassamples/quicktips/05jan/syserr.html?ETS=2789&PID=44951

    TIP00407 - A Macro to apply the same function for a list of sas variables where a function requires only a single variable as an argument by Charles Patridge and Peter Crawford (Mutliple Solutions)

    Manipulating Data with PROC SQL by Kirk Paul Lafler

    TIP00406 - Find and delete records that offset (net zero) each other but only when the absolute values are equal by Charles Patridge

    Scrollable Tables

    A common problem with viewing large tables in a Web browser is that the column headers only occur at the very top of the table. After you've scrolled down several rows, you can no longer see the column headers. Learn how Kevin Smith, a systems developer at SAS, has solved this problem. Read More at: support.sas.com/rnd/base/topics/scrolling-table/?ETS=1803&PID=44951

    Using the SCAN Function

    Suppose you want to produce an alphabetical list by name, but your NAME variable contains FIRST, possibly a middle initial and LAST name. The SCAN function makes quick work of this. In his book, "SAS Functions by Example," BBU author Ron Cody explains how. Read More at: support.sas.com/publishing/bbu_tip/cody_scanFunction.html?ETS=1803&PID=44951

    Tipped Off! - Customizing Titles and Footnotes

    By Lora D. Delwiche (University of California, Davis) and Susan J. Slaughter (Avocet Solutions)

    When you send output to the Listing destination, you have little control over how titles and footnotes look. That's because the Listing destination uses only one font (SAS Monospace) and one color (black). Other destinations, such as HTML, RTF, PDF, and PostScript, give you more options. For these destinations, if you don't like the default appearance of titles or footnotes, you could use PROC TEMPLATE to define a custom style template. However, you can also change the appearance of titles and footnotes by inserting a few simple options directly in your TITLE and FOOTNOTE statements.

    To learn how to do this, please visit support.sas.com/publishing/tip.html.

    TIP00405 - Macro to calculate deciles of a list of sas variables from a single sas dataset, and merge all the deciles onto a single record into an output sas dataset using Proc Univariate by Charles Patridge

    TIP00404 - A little example of what SAS Dictionary Tables can provide by Charles Patridge

    TIP00403 - Check for SAS Variable Consistency (type and length) across multiple Datasets within a SAS Library - Using SASHELP.VCOLUMN (dictionary view) by Charles Patridge

    TIP00402 - Doing a Simple HASH Total for Quality Control on a Character Field by Charles Patridge

    Quick Tip: Using the PROPCASE Function In his book, SAS Functions by Example, BBU author Ron Cody explains how to capitalize the first letters of words using the PROPCASE function in SAS 9.1. Read More at: http://support.sas.com/publishing/bbu_tip/cody_propcaseFunction.html?ETS=1799&PID=44951

    Data Storage Performance Tuning Techniques by Kirk Paul Lafler

    TIP00128F - Another Data Scrubbing Routine - Similiar to TIP 00128a but Much Faster - using Formats as a technique by Charles Patridge

    SN-004115
    How to retrieve the contents of the Program Editor and the Enhanced Editor if SAS ends unexpectedly http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/004/004115.html

    Creating links to other pages from within a PDF file created by ODS http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/012/012660.html

    PROC FORMAT with PICTURE statement gives flexibility for date, time, and datetime formats http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/008/008510.html

    Quick Tip: Exporting Comma Delimited Files for Use in MS Access or Excel  If you ever need to write data out to comma delimited files for importing into MS Access or Excel, Nina Werner, a SAS user at Dean Health Plan, provides a helpful routine. Her tech tip checks every non-numeric field for commas and substitutes blank spaces by using the TRANSLATE function.  Read More at: http://support.sas.com/sassamples/quicktips/04jul/commadelimited.html?ETS=1792&PID=44951

    IO Performance Tuning Techniques by Kirk Paul Lafler

    Creating a Directory Listing Using SAS for Windows: It's Not a Pipe Dream By Ross Bettinger, SAS http://support.sas.com/sassamples/quicktips/04may/listings.html

    Here's the link to a SAS program that calculates the dates for Federal holidays and daylight saving time submitted by Glenn Heagerty http://support.sas.com/faq/018/FAQ01802.html

    Can't make it to Montréal?  SAS has the next best thing: Experience the 29th annual SAS Users Group International (SUGI) conference on your desktop with our live Webcast reports!   Read More at: http://www.sas.com/news/feature/26apr04/sugiwebcast.html?ETS=1776&PID=44951

    Quick Tip: Plotting Variables with SAS/GRAPH  Leif Kirschenbaum, a SAS user at IBM, optimized SAS code to generate an XY plot where the many graph features are controlled by macro variables. "Setting the macro variables for axis low, high, interval and format is tiresome," he explains. "So I devised a macro variable to plot where each variable contains the axis limits, interval, format and color for each variable to be plotted."  Read More at: http://support.sas.com/sassamples/quicktips/04mar/plotting.html?ETS=1786&PID=44951

    TIP00401 - A kind of Reverse Proc Contents - load attributes of variables into the metadata of a sas dataset by Ian Whitlock

    TIP00400 - Match String Patternss by David Cassell

    CPU Performance Tuning Techniques by Kirk Paul Lafler

    TIP00399 - Proc Sort with NODUP & Many Variables by Paul Dorfman

    SAS® 9.1: Oh the Things You Can Do!  Melinda Theilbar, author of Bits & Bytes, offers this "Insiders" look at SAS 9.1. She writes, “This new version is going to work for you much like your old version did. You'll have new functions and procedures that will open up new ways to use SAS or will make old programming tasks easier. There will be some new buttons to play with, maybe even a new interface, but SAS will do everything it did before, just better.”  Read More at: http://support.sas.com/news/insider/mt_91tasks.html?ETS=1784&PID=44951

    Looking Inside SAS®9 

    SAS®9 includes a new suite of Java interfaces designed to manage and deliver intelligence to users throughout the organization. Underneath all of the Java interfaces, the core of the SAS system has taken a quantum leap forward in terms of power and efficiency. "Insider" Bob Louder, solutions architect at SAS, offers this look at the specific enhancements and additions to SAS®9.  Read More at: http://support.sas.com/news/insider/bl_91hilites.html?ETS=1784&PID=44951

    New ODS PRINTER features for SAS 9.1 Justified page numbers and dates
    Page i of n support
    Improved Table of Contents options
    Ability to generate contents list http://support.sas.com/rnd/base/topics/odsprinter/new91.html

    009869 How to print the current date and time in the SAS Output window instead of the date and time that the SAS session was started Component: Display manager (OS)
    Release(s) Reported: 8.2
    Release(s) Fixed:
    Date Created: 23APR2003
    Date Last Updated: 17MAR2004
    SN http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/009/009869.html

    product = SAS/FSP

    000302 Information on when SAS/FSP is needed
    Component: General FSP applications
    Release(s) Reported: 7,8
    Release(s) Fixed:
    Date Created: 13JAN1999
    Date Last Updated: 17MAR2004
    SN http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/000/000302.html

    Quick Tip: Using CARDS/DATALINES in Place of an INFILE Statement This short tip by Andrew Cartwright, statistical consultant at JCPenney, explains how to replace the name of a file with either CARDS or DATALINES. Read More at: http://support.sas.com/sassamples/quicktips/04feb/inputfile.html?ETS=1731&PID=44951

    Quick Tip Extra: PROC Output in Excel Using ODS

    Unwanted formatting can be fixed with what you learn about ODS templates. Brian Watts, SAS senior technical specialist in Sydney, Australia, shows you how to get very clean PROC output into Excel using ODS. Read More at: http://support.sas.com/sassamples/quicktips/04feb/ods-excel.html?ETS=1731&PID=44951

    Scheduling the Enterprize Guide Running EG projects unattended Each generation of SAS software brings increased ease-of-use. The introduction of Enterprise Guide (EG) brought such a degree of ease-of-use that SAS was opened-up to a much larger audience. But interactive use is only part of the picture of a typical commercial environment: there is a strong need to run processes on a regular, scheduled basis.

    We have found more than one of our clients to be labouring under the false impression that EG projects cannot be used in a scheduled fashion. In fact, you can use a wide range of scripting languages to launch/run chosen EG projects. SAS Note #2696 ( http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/002/002696.html) has the detailed low-down on how to do this with VBscript. Using the steps described in the Note you can run one or more EG projects on a regular basis.

    Quick Tip: Traffic Lighting with SAS With ODS HTML, you can easily color a table cell based on the value of the cell. This is called traffic lighting because it highlights any value in your output that is greater than, less than, or equal to a given value. Read More at: http://support.sas.com/rnd/base/topics/templateFAQ/Template_special.html#s30

    Quick Tip: %SQUEEZE-ing Before Compressing Data Ross Bettinger, a SAS analytical consultant, provides this tip to optimize the space required to store numeric and character variables in a SAS dataset. Read More at: http://support.sas.com/sassamples/quicktips/03dec/squeeze2.html?ETS=1727&PID=44951

    TIP00398 - Dump a SAS Dataset to a Flat File (%FLATFILE) by Ian Whitlock

    SAS Currency Formats Going International The ways to denote decimal conventions and monetary values are locale-dependent. This paper, written by Manfred Kiefer, a SAS localization manager, examines provisions in the SAS System for accommodating these differences. Read More at: http://support.sas.com/sassamples/quicktips/03dec/currency9.pdf?ETS=1719&PID=44951

    Accessing DB2 Data with SAS 9

    This white paper explores the impact of SAS and DB2 configuration options by outlining different methods of accessing your DB2 database with a focus on performance. Examples are given to highlight the performance trade-offs of choosing different access methods, SAS 9 application parameters and DB2 8.1 configuration options. Read More at: http://www.sas.com/apps/whitepapers/whitepaper.jsp?code=ACC1&ETS=1719&PID=44951

    Quick Tip: Smoothly Canceling Processes at Will SAS provides the ability to stop a single datastep via the stop or abort statement, or to cancel the whole sas session generating errors if the erroraben option is set. This tip by Christian Graffeuille, a programmer and consultant with more than 13 years of SAS software experience, explores the recurring issue of cleanly canceling SAS processes when conditions are met. Read More at: http://support.sas.com/sassamples/quicktips/03dec/cancelprocess.html?ETS=1719&PID=44951

    How do you open the Enhanced Editor window at the command line and how can you tell if using the Enhanced Editor versus the Program Editor? support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/003/003929.html

    010984 How to highlight columns of text in the SAS Program Editor, Output, or Log windows SN http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/010/010984.html

    011034 How credentials specified on a URL filename statement are honored SN http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/011/011034.html

    TIP00397 - Insert SAS/Graph in Excel by Nitin Chandak

    TIP00396 - An example of using %WINDOW to collect User Input by Charles Patridge

    TIP00395 - How to determine what States are adjacent to each other for all states by Michael Zdeb

    TIP00394 - How to read multiple text files and start reading data on the 2nd record for each file read by Harry Droogendyk and Ian Whitlock

    TIP00393 - An example of using the WINDOW STATEMENT within a DATA Step to collect User Input by Charles Patridge

    A Beginner's Guide to Incorporating SAS Output in Microsoft Office Applications Written for the beginner and intermediate SAS user, this paper by Vincent DelGobbo, systems developer at SAS, covers basic and advanced topics for incorporating SAS output in Word and Excel from any platform where SAS is licensed. It also explains how to create dynamic output into Excel and Word using SAS server technology. DelGobbo has presented this paper at SUGI 28 and at many local and regional users group meetings. It has been well received because it addresses a common problem for SAS users.

    Read More at: http://support.sas.com/news/feature/03nov/vince.html?ETS=1715&PID=44951

    Quick Tip: Controlling Fonts in Your ODS Output This tip, provided by Bernadette Johnson, president and CEO of The Blaze Group, provides an overview on the font attributes and their associated report elements. It also reviews the default settings for RTF and includes a program example to use a custom style template to set new font settings. In addition, it provides a before-and-after output sample using the default template and a new customized template.

    Read More at: http://support.sas.com/sassamples/quicktips/03oct/odsfont.pdf?ETS=1715&PID=44951

    TIP00392 - A simple fictitious example of Using SPEDIS and SOUNDEX functions in a Fuzzy Logic Application using Imperfect SSNs by Charles Patridge and Sigurd Hermansen

    TIP00391 - A SAS macro (myexcel) to dump a SAS Dataset to a CSV file (excel) with any stored SAS numeric formats by Charles Patridge and Lars L Jacobsen

    TIP00390 - parsing/extracting multiple email addresses from a text field by Harry Droogendyk and Howard Schreier

    url for converting between SAS and other stat packages (Stata and SPSS) http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/faq/convert_pkg.htm

    TIP00388 - An exercise to create 3 separate unique summaries on previous time periods by Jack Hamilton, Paul Dorfman, Howard Schreier and Charles Patridge - each with a different method

    COB2SAS is a tool that can be used to convert a COBOL FILE DESCRIPTOR SECTION into a SAS INPUT and LABEL statement. It reads as it's input your COBOL COPYBOOK - for more info - http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/technote/ts620.html

    010385 Special command used for setting Enhanced Editor tools SN - http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/010/010385.html

    Quick Tip: Automatic Formatting for a Numeric Variable Whenever you use numeric data it may be useful to quickly obtain a SAS format such as a decile, duo-decile or any equally sized grouping. Having a tool to automatically create a format and output it to the work library may be useful and could also save time. Ken Moore, a SAS user from George Washington University, explains how to do a preliminary univariate analysis or even finalize deciles or groupings in a report in this macro program. Read More at: http://support.sas.com/sassamples/quicktips/03sep/noformat.html?ETS=1341&PID=44951

    TIP00387 - A simple Macro application to help troubleshoot a SAS Financial Application by tracing the values of any SAS variable throughout the application by Charles Patridge

    TIP00386 - How to determine if an external file is empty or not by Charles Patridge and Paul Dorfman

    TIP00385 - An example of separating medication and dosage info from a single character variable by Jack Hamilton, Arthur Tabachneck, Ron Fehd and Ian Whitlock

    TIP00384 - Calculate the last payday of the month by Lars L Jacobsen (also see tip00042)

    TIP00383 - An example of how to sort a group of records that span multiple lines and still keep them adjacent as a group by Charles Patridge

    TIP00382 - A Bizarre Use / Example of a Comma Informat by Roland Rashleigh-Berry, Don Stanley and Paul Dorfman

    TIP00381 - Extract a single variable from 500 plus datasets and put into 1 SAS Dataset by Gerhard Hellriegel, Richard A. DeVenezia and Harry Droogendyk

    Quick Tip: BBU Author Provides Tip on GETOPTION How do you obtain information about a system option with the SAS function GETOPTION, and how do you use that information to control the processing of a program? Read this tip from BBU author Michele Burlew's book "Debugging SAS Programs: A Handbook of Tools and Techniques" to show you how! Read more at http://support.sas.com/publishing/tip.html

    Quick Tip: FAQ Library Did you know SAS Technical Support has an online FAQ library? The library is a collection of the questions most frequently asked of our Technical Support staff. Use this tool to find out more about Base SAS, data warehousing, SAS Information Delivery Portal, SAS Integration Technologies and SAS/IntrNet. Read more at http://support.sas.com/techsup/faq

    SN-008447 - Naming datasets DATAx may cause error http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/008/008447.html

    TIP00380 - Finding repeating characters by Harry Droogendyk, Ya Huang and Ron Fehd

    TIP00379 - Setting variable value based on value of another variable by Harry Droogendyk

    TIP00378 - Quick data-completion check routine by Paul Dorfman and Stig Eide

    TIP00377 - Ways to capture User Input using Base Sas or VB without having SAS AF/FSP by Mark Terjeson, Arto Raiskio, Nathaniel Wooding, Stig Eide, Michael Bramley and Lex Jansen

    Copying SAS Datasets and Indexes by Kirk Lafler (PDF document)

    Bits & Bytes: Point-and-Click for Programmers In this article, Melinda Thielbar, technical training specialist at SAS, demonstrates the features of SAS Enterprise Guide that can make your programming tasks easier. She also shows you how to use the point-and-click features to start building code and then embellish it with your own options and statements. Read more at http://support.sas.com/sassamples/bitsandbytes/03jul/usingeg1.html

    TIP00376 - Ways to use the PUT statement by Phil Mason

    SN-008395 How to reorder variables in a SAS data set - http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/008/008395.html

    SN-008510
    PROC FORMAT with PICTURE statement gives flexibility for date, time, and datetime formats http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/008/008510.html

    Creating New Data Sets with a Subset by Kirk Lafler (PDF document)

    TIP00375 - Repeating consonants and vowels by Puddin' Man and Thomasset Pierre

    Concatenating SAS Data sets with the APPEND Procedure by Kirk Lafler (PDF document)

    www.woodstreet.org.uk - Phil Mason's web site

    TIP00374 - How to make View Tables use Column Names versus Labels by Richard DeVenezia

    TIP00373 - How to compare 2 SAS datasets on different platforms by Harry Droogendyk, Jack Hamilton and Sigurd Hermansen

    TIP00372 - 12 Ways to get data from SAS to Excel by Jack Hamilton & Dale McLerran

    What's new in SAS 9 - http://support.sas.com/software/9/toc.htm

    ReCap of Sugi 28 - http://support.sas.com/news/feature/03apr/sugi_general.html

    The DATA Step in SAS 9: What's New New SAS technologies are always a hot topic at SUGI. This paper by SAS' Jason Secosky covers some sure-to-be popular DATA step enhancements for SAS 9, including Perl regular expressions for easy text search and replace, hash tables and new functions and CALL routines. (.pdf) Read more at http://support.sas.com/rnd/base/topics/datastep/dsv9-sugi-v2.pdf

    Quick Tip: Automatic Local Reference to Remote WORK Library If you are using SAS/CONNECT software and need a quick way to review the SAS WORK library on a remote session, check out this tip by SAS consultant Brian Varney and SAS R&D Director Cheryl Doninger. Read more at http://support.sas.com/sassamples/quicktips/0304remoteservices.html

    TIP00371 - Where on the web can one find tutorials about using ARRAYS Submitted by Richard Read Allen, Carey Smoak and Lex Jansen

    TIP00370 - Conditional Formatting (Traffic Lighting...) by Ya Huang and Jack Hamilton

    TIP00369 - Launch SAS program from email - Microsoft OUTLOOK submitted by Thomas Sarosky

    sugi 28 proceedings - http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi28/Proceed.pdf

    Migration Community Helps Lead the Way to New Releases If you are a SAS specialist or IT professional, our new online Migration Community is your field guide for successfully moving your organization from SAS 6.12 or later to SAS 9.1. While this information addresses migrating a site to SAS 9, the information can be useful in other migrations as well (for example, from Release 6.12 to Release 8.2, or to a different platform or operating system). Explore this great new resource! Read more at http://support.sas.com/rnd/migration/index.html

    Quick Tip: Creating Code Templates in the SAS Enhanced Editor Former SAS customer, now SAS employee Paul Grant shows how to create a code template in the SAS Enhanced Editor. If you are coding and can't remember the exact syntax, you can just type the name of the procedure you need and a prompt appears that provides the statements and options you use frequently along with a highlighted area where parameters are needed. (.pdf) Read more at http://support.sas.com/sassamples/papers/0303_saseditor.pdf

    TIP00368 - How to modify (add) to the search path of SASAUTOS by Brad Goldman, Michael Eckhardt, Roland Rashleigh-Berry and Richard A. DeVenezia

    TIP00367 - How identify and separate duplicate observations in to a dataset by Jim Groeneveld

    TIP00366 - a macro to identify records in a data set that have the same key variables by John Iwaniszek

    TIP00365 - Way to extract unknown number of tables (table name starting with CH_) from an SQL Server database by Ron Fehd

    Quick Online Tutorial for Accessing DBMS Data Don't forget about this little online tutorial that illustrates the basics of using SAS/ACCESS software to read, write and update data in third-party database management systems. You'll learn how to reference a Database Management System (DBMS) as a SAS library, use DBMS objects (such as tables) as data sets in your SAS programs, and send DBMS-specific SQL statements directly to a DBMS to save processing time. It's free, it's fun, try it out! Read more at http://support.sas.com/training/elearn/tutorials/v8/access/

    SAS Bits & Bytes: No Reason to Do It Twice Wouldn't it be great if you could tell SAS to load the data set into memory once, and hold it there until you were done with it? This month, guest columnists Bill Brideson and Gary Franklin show you how to save time and resources using the SASFILE statement (Release 8.1 and later). Read more at http://support.sas.com/sassamples/bitsandbytes/03mar_sasfile.html

    TIP00364 - Reading a Group of Multiple Records that represent 1 OBS by Charles Patridge

    Quick Tip: Using a Colon Modifier to Select Observations If you need a quick way to subset observations that begin with a specific character, consider using a colon modifier. In this Quick Tip, SAS consultant Kirk Lafler explains that by using a colon (:) modifier after a comparison operator in a DATA step, you can easily compare a specific prefix to a character string. This approach makes it easy to perform comparisons by truncating the longer value to the length of the shorter value.

    Read more at http://support.sas.com/sassamples/quicktips/0302colonmodifier.html

    Proactive Information Delivery via the SAS Publishing Framework This detailed SAS white paper provides an overview of the SAS Publishing Framework with plenty of practical code examples that show how your organization can deliver information to a targeted audience and also enable employees to filter out information that is of no interest to them. We use the publishing framework and SAS Integration Technologies to deliver this e-newsletter. See how we do it!

    Read more at http://www.sas.com/apps/whitepapers/whitepaper.jsp?code=PUB1

    Tracing Your Data's Genealogy

    Generation Data Sets and The COMPARE Procedure Click here to read more at http://support.sas.com/sassamples/bitsandbytes/0211_tracing.html

    SAS Online Website Support - http://support.sas.com/

    TIP00363 - Comparing SAS Variables between like Datasets by Glenn Heagerty, Curt Seeliger and Venky Chakravarthy

    Free Online SAS V8 Documentation
    ( http://v8doc.sas.com/sashtml/ )
    Just need to Register to Get Access

    Additional resources and documentation are available at:

  • SAS online library http://support.sas.com/documentation
  • Books By Users (BBU) library http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/bbu.jsp
  • SAS Publishing http://support.sas.com/pubs

    • SN-009256: Example of using X and SYSEXEC to open an application SAS is often used as a means for invoking another application. This task can be achieved by the X or SYSEXEC statements. With the introduction of directories containing spaces, the syntax for this command is often difficult to master. http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/009/009256.html

    SN-002555 Short filename extensions versus long filename extensions

    The SAS System Version 8 produces two different filename extensions. The reason two different filename extensions are generated is dependent on the different types of file systems. NTFS allows long filename extensions, while FAT and older Novell drives do not. http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/002/002555.html

    TIP00362 - Using the SQL procedure to summarize data by Kirk Paul Lafler

    TIP00361 - Reading a SAS data set into real memory by Kirk Paul Lafler

    TIP00360 - Comma Delimited Field Parsing on a SAS Variable by Peter Crawford and Michael Zdeb

    TIP00359 - Using a Colon (:) Modifier to Select Observations with Values Beginning with a Specific Character by Kirk Paul Lafler

    SAS Tip: Debugging 101 by Peter Knapp Peter Knapp, a SAS user at the U.S. Department of Commerce, wrote this paper especially for new SAS users who are learning to debug SAS programs. It offers tips for finding syntax and execution-time errors and diagnosing sometimes tricky logic errors. (.pdf)

    Read more at http://support.sas.com/sassamples/papers/debug101_03jan.pdf

    SAS FAQ: How can I transpose all of the variables in my data set, both numeric and character?

    Without a VAR statement, the TRANSPOSE procedure transposes all numeric variables in the input data set that are not listed in another statement. However, character variables to be transposed must be listed in a VAR statement. This can be promblematic if you have many character variables (or even one character variable along with numerous numeric variables) that you need to transpose, and you don't want to type out what could become a lengthy VAR statement. A macro from S AS Technical Support can help.

    Read more at http://support.sas.com/faq/020/FAQ02055.html

    TIP00358 - How to automatically include SAS source code in your output by Ed Heaton

    New Technical Support Document: PC Performance and the SAS System Casey Thompson in SAS Technical Support says that one of the most common questions the PC Systems team receives is how to optimize SAS performance on Windows operating systems. This new paper explores a broad overview of hardware tuning, operating system modifications, SAS System performance enhancements and methods of efficient programming for achieving optimal performance on your Windows operating system. Read more at http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/technote/ts684/ts684.html

    Quick Tip: Changing the Numeric Format of PROC FREQ Output

    Thanks to Mike Rhoads, an experienced SAS user at the Westat organization for this Quick Tip! He says though PROC TABULATE may offer more flexibility, some folks still like to use PROC FREQ for table production. By default, PROC FREQ output uses no decimal places or commas for counts, and two decimal places for percents. This tip shows how to change the defaults for the three main types of PROC FREQ output: one-way tables, multiway tables in list format, and multiway tables presented as crosstabulations. Read more at http://support.sas.com/sassamples/quicktips/0301freq.html

    TIP00357 - How to find 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Wednesday of a month by Charles Patridge and Brad Goldman

    TIP00356 - How to Search for a specific record using SAS LIKE and CONTAIN operators - by John J Genzano, III ; Sigurd Hermansen and Charles Patridge

    The Dirty Dozen: Twelve Common Programming Mistakes Robert Virgile, a seasoned SAS user since 1981, is a SAS trainer, consultant and author. With two books published in the SAS Books by Users program, he has also authored countless papers and presentations on various aspects of using SAS. In this paper (from the Washington DC SAS Users Group Web site), he offers tips for avoiding some of the most typical programming errors made at an introductory level. (.pdf)

    Read more at http://www.dc-sug.org/dirtydoz.pdf

    SAS© V9 Templates by Ronald J. Fehd

    Bits & Bytes: Tracing Your Data's Genealogy with Generation Data Sets and PROC COMPARE

    In previous columns, Melinda Thielbar has looked at preserving data quality using integrity constraints and tracking changes in your data using audit trails. These techniques only work, however, when someone is updating the data set, not re-building it. If the data set is rebuilt, existing integrity constraints or audit trails are deleted. So, what to do if you're re-creating the data set often but still need to track the changes? This is a call for generation data sets.

    Read more at http://www.sas.com/service/techtips/bitsandbytes/0211_tracing.html

    TIP00355 - How can I determine the number of variables in a data set? by SAS Institute Technical Support

    TIP00354 - SASTip: Exporting data to EXCEL by Philip Mason

    TIP00353 - How can I find out, which datasets in a library have 0 Obs and delete them...? by Gerhard Hellriegel

    New Sample: Transferring Data Between SAS and Microsoft Products This new sample in our Enterprise Integration Community demonstrates how to use Visual Basic Script and the SAS Integrated Object Model (IOM) OLE DB Data Provider to import and export data between a SAS data set and Microsoft Access and Excel. Read more at http://www.sas.com/rnd/eai/samples/VBoffice/

    TIP00352 - simple character string parsing problem - manipulating END of string - Multiple Solutions by Roger Lustig, Venky Chakravarthy and Ed Heaton

    TIP00351 - Obtaining the various parts of Date and Time by Ron Fehd

    TIP00350 - SAS Problem simulates Deal of 52 Playing Cards by Richard A. DeVenezia

    A Practical Approach to Improving System Performance Many factors contribute to the performance of your SAS applications, including the code, data models, process design, and hardware and network architectures and configurations. How do you diagnose performance problems and determine effective solutions? This paper, by SAS' Tony Brown, suggests a step-by-step method that uses measurement tools for diagnosing problems and improving system performance. Read more at http://www.sas.com/rnd/scalability/papers/solve_perf.pdf

    Extensive FAQ for the Base SAS TEMPLATE Procedure Whether it is changing the colors, fonts, margins, or other elements, there will come a time when you will want to alter the appearance of the HTML output you produce with the Output Delivery System. The TEMPLATE procedure can help. This extensive FAQ provides an overview of PROC TEMPLATE and what it can help you accomplish. Read more at http://www.sas.com/rnd/base/topics/templateFAQ/Template.html

    How to run SAS in batch on PC systems with complex directory structures Files might not be found and "Not a valid option" and other error messages might appear when you run SAS in a batch environment or when you use the task scheduler and other tools.

    The problem occurs when directory structures have spaces in them.

    Directory paths with spaces must be enclosed in double quotation marks, as follows:

    'c:\"program files"\"sas institute"\sas\v8\sas.exe' -sysin 'c:\"my files"\"my sas data"'

    If you want to run jobs sequentially, use the following syntax

    start/w " " 'c:\"program files"\"sas institute"\sas\v8\sas.exe' -sysin 'c:\"my files"\"my sas data"'

    http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/008/008706.html

    TIP00349 - Figuring nearness between points on an ongoing basis by Michael Zdeb

    TIP00348 - How to determine the Last Friday of a Month by Roland Rashleigh-Berry

    SAS Q&A: How can I dynamically e-mail HTML output from ODS in a SAS program? To dynamically e-mail output from ODS in a SAS program, specify the EMAIL device on the FILENAME statement along with the e-mail address and any other e-mail options you like. But as SAS Technical Support Analyst Chevell Parker explains, if you don't change the TYPE= option on the FILENAME statement your output will display as a text file with the HTML tags as text. This Q&A includes sample code for changing the content to HTML, and also shows how to send the HTML output as an attachment.

    Read more at http://www.sas.com/service/techtips/ts_qa/0210_htmloutput.html

    SAS Q&A: Why do I keep getting missing variables? This Q&A comes to us compliments of the Research Triangle Park SAS Users Group listserv. Keith Brown from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill offered some helpful hints on using the TRUNCOVER option instead of MISSOVER. As he says, "If you are dealing with variable length data lines, TRUNCOVER can save you a lot of hair pulling."

    Read more at http://www.sas.com/service/techtips/ts_qa/0210_missvariable.html

    TIP00347 - Creating a Calendar using Proc Report by Richard A. DeVenezia

    SAS Q&A: Is there an easy way to create maps with tool tips using the GIF device driver? This short sample code uses the HTMLVAR= option on the CHORO statement in the SAS/GRAPH GMAP procedure to create a graph with tool tips and drill-down capabilities using the GIF device driver. All you have to do is modify the FILENAME statement. Read more at http://www.sas.com/service/techtips/ts_qa/0210_maptips.html

    List of SAS Auto Extensions (Macros) - SAS Clinical Macros by Roland Rashleigh-Berry or get his zipped file here at Click Here TIP00346 - Counting number of characters (numbers) in a character string by Venky Chakravarthy and Jim Groeneveld

    TIP00345 - A Simple Example to search a Char SAS Variable to see if it contains several different strings/phrases by Charles Patridge

    TIP00344 - A Simple Macro (emptyyn) to get Number of Records (OBS) in a SAS Dataset by Charles Patridge
    or, Instead of getting the number of records by Peter Crawford

    SAS FAQ: Some procedure results are arranged or formatted differently than the documentation or than they used to be. How can I fix that?

    This may be happening because the procedure is using a modified template to display its results. A template is part of the Output Delivery System (ODS) and it defines the appearance of tables in the procedure's results. Read more at http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/faq/gen_sas/gen_sas2003.html

    TIP00343 - A Simple Macro Example to generate any number of SAS variables on a single GPLOT Line Graph by Charles Patridge

    Access and Manipulate SAS Data from Other Programs Using ADO Objects This sample from our Enterprise Integration Community provides the code and step-by-step instructions for using ADO objects to communicate with a SAS IOM Server. It illustrates how a program that is not a SAS application can access and manipulate data on a local SAS server.

    This sample uses ADO object to communicate with a SAS IOM Server. It illustrates how a program that is not a SAS application can access and manipulate data on a local SAS server. The program creates a SAS workspace (session) and then submits a SAS DATA step to create a SAS data set. The program then modifies the data using an ADO Recordset. The resulting data set displays in a MSFlexGrid control

    Read more at http://www.sas.com/rnd/eai/samples/adoiom/index.html

    Bits & Bytes: Hey, Who Changed My Data? Audit Trails in SAS With Version 8, SAS added integrity constraints and audit trails. While integrity constraints are useful for reducing invalid data, audit trails allow you to see what changes your users are making (or attempting to make) to data.

    They can also prevent you from losing valuable information when observations are deleted or updated. Columnist Melinda Thielbar demonstrates the features of SAS audit trails with examples of how to use them for data exploration and reporting.

    Read more at http://www.sas.com/service/techtips/bitsandbytes/0208_audit.html

    TIP00342 Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) - Meaning/Intrepretation - Web Resources by William W. Viergever

    TIP00341 - SAS V8 Treasures - An Example of using Multilabel Option in Proc Format SAS V8.2 to generate multi-level summaries/statistics - by Charles Patridge (HASUG 8/15/2002)

    TIP00340 - SAS V8 Sunken Treasure (GOTCHAs) - MERGE, SET, UPDATE, RETAIN - by Charles Patridge (HASUG 8/15/2002)

    TIP00339 - SAS V8 Sunken Treasure (GOTCHAs) - Proc Transpose or Proc Contents - by Charles Patridge (HASUG 8/15/2002)

    TIP00338 - SAS V8 Sunken Treasure (GOTCHAs) - Using AutoCall Macro Libraries and changing Paths - by Charles Patridge (HASUG 8/15/2002)

    TIP00337 - SAS V8 Sunken Treasure (GOTCHAs) - SAS V8 changes how data is Stored in Datasets - by Charles Patridge (HASUG 8/15/2002)

    SN-007990
    DOS find command might not work as an X command or %sysexec call http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/007/007990.html

    SN-001373 SAS/Access Version 6 incompatibility issues (RANDOM access) with SAS V7 and V8 http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/001/001373.html

    SN-004021 TRANSPOSE fails when output data set becomes too wide When PROC TRANSPOSE is used on a SAS data set whose transposition would result in an output data set greater than 32,767 variables, the following error occurs.

    ERROR: A bug in SAS has been encountered. Please call your SAS representative and report the following message: ZVMPINI: couldn't allocate -xxx (xmsize) (where xxx is a number)

    Since SAS data sets cannot contain more than 32,767 variables, the data set being transposed needs to be limited with OBS or WHERE processing or the code logic needs to be reconsidered.

    Quick Tip: Avoiding Problems Related to Sorting
    By Kirk Paul Lafler, Software Intelligence Corporation http://support.sas.com/sassamples/quicktips/0207sort.html

    Quick Tip: Using ODS Output Data Sets instead of CONTENTS OUT=
    By SAS Institute http://support.sas.com/sassamples/quicktips/0206contents.html

    TIP00336 - How to close the Output window by using a display manager (dm) command by SAS Institute

    TIP00335 - Tutorial: Using DDE to collate a number of RTF-files and/or Word documents by Kilo Volt

    A Sorting Tip by Kirk Lafler

    Building Drill-down SAS Applications by Kirk Lafler

    Andy Ratcliffe publishes an email newsletter for SAS(r) practitioners. It is called NOTE:, and it contains hints, tips, and experience that are of interest to a wide range of SAS practitioners. NOTE: is published on an irregular basis and is free. Note: can be read at http://www.ratcliffe.co.uk/note_colon

    TIP00334 - Automate Running of a SAS Program on Windows NT by Richard Simhon

    SN-006850 DEBUG=DBMS_SELECT returns the SELECT clause passed to a relational DBMS http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/006/006850.html

    SN-007384 Using a colon (:) with comparison operators http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/007/007384.html

    SN-007640 - How to determine which SAS products are installed on a Windows system http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/007/007640.html

    An Introduction to Exporting SAS/GRAPH Output to Microsoft Office This SAS Technical Support document includes in-depth information about the different graphics formats and destinations you can use to export Release 8.2 SAS/GRAPH output to Microsoft Office 97, 2000 and XP. General topics are discussed, and each available format is examined individually. Several examples show how to generate the output. Read more at http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/technote/ts674/ts674.html

    SAS Q&A: Why do some of my values get truncated when I read in a delimited file? In Versions 7 and 8 of the SAS System, by default the Import Wizard, the IMPORT procedure and the External File Interface (EFI) scan 20 records to determine variable attributes. If you have a value that is longer than those found in the first 20 records of your file, that value will be truncated. Follow these steps from SAS Technical Support to change the default behavior.

    Read more at http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/faq/data_step/readwrit1819.html

    SN-007347 - How to programmatically open a file in a new Enhanced Editor http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/007/007347.html

    Tipped Off: Bookmarks in Your PDF File With ODS HTML output, you can generate a table of contents to help you locate the results you're looking for in a lengthy report. With ODS PDF output, you also get a table of contents. The PDF format supports the creation of bookmarks, which are displayed in a window to the left of the main PDF file. By clicking on a bookmark, you can jump directly to the correct output page. This little ditty from Lauren Haworth's book, "Output Delivery System: The Basics," demonstrates how easy it is. (.pdf)

    Read more at http://www.sas.com/service/doc/pdf/58087_pg80.pdf

    SAS Bits & Bytes: Practicing Good Data Hygiene

    Manually entering or editing data without using audit checks is certain to introduce data errors. In this Bits & Bytes column, Melinda Thielbar discusses adding integrity constraints that allow you to set rules about what values are entered in a field and what conditions an observation must meet to be added to a data set.

    Read more at http://www.sas.com/service/techtips/bitsandbytes/datahygiene.html

    SAS/IntrNet Software: A Roadmap

    SAS/IntrNet software lets you quickly and easily build dynamic Web applications and distribute them worldwide. This white paper provides an overview of SAS/IntrNet with guidelines for choosing the best combination of components for your applications. Access this paper from our White Paper download area. (.pdf)

    Read more at http://www.sas.com/apps/whitepapers/whitepaper.jsp

         Is there a way to create a separate macro variable for each value of a string?
    http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/faq/macro/macro1812.html

    Quick Tip: Building Drill-Down SAS Applications
    By Kirk Paul Lafler & Charles Edwin Shipp

    http://support.sas.com/sassamples/quicktips/drilldown.html

    SN-006806 - How to submit multiple SAS programs, in batch or interactively by SAS Institute http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/006/006806.html

    TIP00333 - Proc Access (Full Screen Product) - Convert V6.12 Oracle Views to V8.2 Oracle Views with minimum effort in OpenVMS environment by Charles Patridge

    TIP00332 - Scanning and Counting Words in a String by Ian Whitlock and Charles Patridge

    Tipped Off: Selecting Output for Multiple Procedures If you are running a series of models or tables, keeping the output from all your procedures can become an unwieldy task. This brief selection from Lauren Haworth's popular book, "Output Delivery System: The Basics," shows how to use SELECT or EXCLUDE within ODS to build concise summary reports from your output results. (.pdf)

    Read more at http://www.sas.com/service/doc/pdf/58087_pg128.pdf

    Quick Tip: Calculating Age in Years and Days

    We recently ran a tip titled, "Two New SAS Data Functions for Version 8" that explained how to find the number of years between two dates using the YRDIF function. The following tip from Venky Chakravarthy, a frequent contributor to the SAS-L listserv, builds on that idea and explains how to calculate the number of years and days between any two dates using the DATDIF function.

    Read more at http://support.sas.com/sassamples/quicktips/age_0302.html

    TIP00331 - Scan function and delimiter issues by Paul Dorfman and Peter Crawford

    TIP00330 - Significant Digits, Numeric 101 by SAS Institute

    TIP00329 - Issues and comments about moving SAS production code from V6 to V8 by Quentin McMullen, Arthur Tabachneck, F.J. Kelley, Venky, Dennis Diskin, Charles Patridge

    Reading Delimited Text Files into SAS Delimited files are raw data files that use characters such as commas, vertical pipes and semi-colons to separate data values. This note from SAS Technical Support explains some of the newer options available for reading these files into SAS, as well as demonstrating the use of older options that are still helpful. Read more at http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/technote/ts673.html

    SAS Q&A: How Can I Determine if a Variable is Present Within a Data Set?

    There are several DATA step functions that can be used in conjunction with the %SYSFUNC macro function to determine if a variable exists in a SAS dataset. Read more at http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/faq/macro/macro1806.html

    006964 How to print line numbers with your SAS program

    SN http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/006/006964.html

    000721 How to run SAS V7 and V8 with DMS mode (V6 style) in the windows environment

    SN http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/000/000721.html

    TIP00328 - Equally and unequally spaced Orthogonal polynomial contrasts using PROC REG of SAS/STAT by Winston Groenewald

    David Ward posted this most excellent method to generate .csv files from a SAS dataset: dm "dexport library.dataset 'c:path-to-my-file.csv' replace"; SAS Version 8 Technical Note: Short filename extensions versus long filename extensions http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/002/002555.html

    How do I make the SAS Explorer window look like the Windows Explorer window?

    Read SI's technical note on how to do this
    http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/006/006939.html

    TIP00327 - How to replace a string in a file using SAS code by Don Stanley

    TIP00326 - How to convert a Vsam file to a SAS dataset by Michael A. Raithel

    TIP00325 - Example of using ODS MARKUP and TAGSET (release 8.2 is required) by Victor Bos

    TIP00324 - Convert a Macro Parameter List into Observations by Paul Dorfman, Pete Lund and Charles Patridge

    SAS Q&A: Using ODS to Produce HTML Pages that Support 508 Accessibility Requirements The U.S. Federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 amended Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to ensure that federal employees with disabilities have access to and use of information and data that is comparable to the access and use of information by other federal employees. Here are some tips for using SAS Output Delivery System (ODS) to produce more accessible HTML pages that support Section 508 compliance.

    Read more at http://www.sas.com/service/techtips/ts_qa/ods508.html

    Quick Tip: Executing Your Stored Formats at Start-Up

    Independent SAS Consultant Peter Crawford from the UK recently sent this tip for using base SAS: "It is a convenience I use in my SAS autoexec(s) and application startup routines when I have formats in a permanent catalog."

    Read more at http://support.sas.com/sassamples/quicktips/startup.html

    TIP00323 - How to find out how many title lines are printed by Ron Fehd

    TIP00322 - How to read all datasets in a library by using a wildcard by Jack Hamilton

    TIP00321 - Retrieve the Path Name of the Last Fileref Opened under SAS Version 8.x by: Rob Krajcik

    SAS Q&A: How Can I Permanently Store and Use Formats That I Have Created? SAS formats and informats are powerful tools for transforming data values. For example, the WORDS22. format converts numeric values to the word equivalent - writing the numeric value 692 as six hundred ninety-two. SAS provides a wide variety of informats and formats, and of course you can also define your own. This quick tip from SAS Technical Support shows how to permanently store and use the formats you create.

    Read more at http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/faq/base/format1816.html

    TIP00320 - SAS Efficiencies by Nick Warman, Ian Whitlock, Charles Patridge, Heide Tribius, Larry Bertolini and Paul M. Dorfman

    TIP00319 - Combining Input Records by Charles Patridge

    
I have a raw data file like (see sample below).
The records are variable length.  I want to 
join records 1 and 2, 3 and 4, 5 & 6 etc. to 
give me a record with both the start and end times in it.

2000/04/01 22:51:00 - gi37pd20.8775: STARTING
2000/04/02 01:23:12 - gi37pd20.8775: ABENDED!!
2000/04/03 23:03:45 - gi37pd20.7832: STARTING
2000/04/04 01:59:33 - gi37pd20.7832: ENDED OK.
2000/04/04 22:54:36 - gi37pd20.27211: STARTING
2000/04/05 00:17:06 - gi37pd20.27211: ENDED OK.
2000/04/05 22:52:29 - gi37pd20.7224: STARTING
2000/04/05 23:23:21 - gi37pd20.7224: ENDED OK.
    SN-006575
    How to read HTML tables into the SAS System The following code can be used to import HTML tables into the SAS system. It uses DDE and the IMPORT procedure to read the HTML table and is limited to 65,000 rows.

    http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/006/006575.html

    Technical Tip: SAS Dates, Times and Interval Functions

    One of the questions most frequently asked of SAS Technical Support regards counting weekdays within a period of time. This SAS Technical Support Note discusses how SAS measures and uses time and time intervals. For instance, finding the last day of a particular month can seem troublesome, but really it is not difficult to do. The note shows how to answer this and other date and time interval questions.

    Read more at http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/technote/ts668.html

    SAS Technical Support Sample

    Got capital letters where you need word spaces - LikeThisText? This sample shows how to use the RXPARSE function and the RXCHANGE call routine to insert word spaces and specify how many replacements to make. As this sample notes, overestimating the number of replacements needed can result in decreased performance.

    Read more at http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/sample/datastep/insert.html

    New Free Online Tutorial for SAS/ACCESS Software

    A new online tutorial illustrates the basics of using SAS/ACCESS interfaces to read, write and update data in third-party database management systems. In about an hour, you learn how to reference a DBMS as a SAS library, use DBMS objects (such as tables) as data sets in your SAS programs, and use the SQL Procedure Pass-Through Facility to send DBMS-specific SQL statements directly to a DBMS to save processing time.

    Read more at http://www.sas.com/software/tutorialsv8/access/m0_1.htm

    TIP00318 - Internet and E-mail Abbreviations by William W. Viergever

    TIP00317 - How to code such a statement as If var starts with ('Mc' 'Mac') then ... by Greg M. Woolridge, Curt Seeliger, Gregg P. Snell & Jack Hamilton

    TIP00316 - an easy way to determine whether a variable already formatted as Time8. (14:30:10) is in the AM or PM? by Peter Crawford and Dennis Diskin

    TIP00315 - Parse Date/Time Text Field by Venky Chakravarthy

    SAS Q&A: Creating and Referencing Arrays with More Than Two Dimensions In DATA step programming, you often need to perform the same action on more than one variable. And although variables can be processed individually, it is easier to handle them as a group. You can do this using array processing. This short Q&A from SAS Technical Support addresses how to create and reference arrays with more than two dimensions.

    Read more at http://www.sas.com/service/techtips/ts_qa/arrays_dec01.html

    TIP00314 - Simple program scheduler using a SAS macro by Philip Mason

    TIP00313 - The EUROCURR function converts one European currency to another and returns a value - Mostly cut & pasted from SASDoc by Philip Mason

    Quick Tip: %SQUEEZE-ing Before Compressing Data

    SAS data compression techniques can optimize the space required to contain a SAS data set. Minimizing the length of integer numeric variables in a data set can save additional space. This tip discusses some appropriate uses of compression and length reduction, and describes the use of the %SQUEEZE macro to find minimum variable lengths.

    Read more at http://support.sas.com/sassamples/quicktips/squeeze.html

    TIP00312 - Using the PIPE Engine, an example of getting a list of file names from your PC directory saved to a SAS Dataset by Charles Patridge and Peter Crawford and 2nd solution by Michael A. Raithel

    TIP00311 - Convert Phone Numbers to Corresponding Combinations of Letters by Ya Huang and Paul Dorfman

    
  TIP00311b 
 /*********************************************************/
 /*** TIP 00311b                                        ***/
 /***  Using Tip00128a ,Proc Spell, find all combination***/
 /***    of letters that compose a valid word composed  ***/
 /***    of 3 or 4 letters from a phone number.         ***/
 /***                                                   ***/
 /***  This is a FUN exercise not a real application    ***/
 /*********************************************************/
    Bits and Bytes: Transposing a Data Set There are two ways to transpose a data set. You can use a DATA step, or you can use the TRANSPOSE procedure. The DATA step gives you more control and flexibility. The code for PROC TRANSPOSE is easier to write. You should choose your method based on your SAS skills, the data you're working with, and your desired output. In this Bits and Bytes column, author and SAS instructor Melinda Thielbar provides a detailed description and comparison of both methods so you can decide which one best suits your needs. Read more at http://www.sas.com/service/techtips/bitsandbytes/transpose.html
    SAS Q&A: Creating Multiple Output Files in the Same ODS Destination This coding tidbit shows how easy it is to concurrently open multiple files in the same Output Delivery System (ODS) destination simply by assigning an ID to the ODS destination. Read more at http://www.sas.com/service/techtips/ts_qa/multifiles.html
    TIP00310 - A way to COMPRESS Special Characters Out of a Character Variable by Paul Dorfman

    TIP00128a - Cleansing Macro, Data Scrubbing routine (see tip 00128 for more), just one schema technique by Charles Patridge

    TIP00309 - Some new Features in SAS V8.2 for Proc Format, Means/Summary by Charles Patridge

    TIP00308 - Building a Custom Date Time User Defined Format with SAS V8 by Peter Crawford

    TIP00307 - Change in Macro Variable Scoping in V8 by Don Stanley and Ian Whitlock

    
SAS Version 8
How do you open the Results window? 
How do you clear the Results window?
How do you close the Results window?
Click to find out
http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/004/004159.html

    TIP00306 - Using SAS Institute Technical Support Division's Information Warehouse Mail Server (IW Mail Server) by Peter Crawford

    TIP00305 - SAS, Music and HTML - build a hyperlink web page for listing files in a directory by Charles Patridge

    TIP00304 - Reading a csv file with commas in fields by Charles Patridge and Peter Crawford

    Most SAS programmers have their favorite little macros. Here are a couple from Peter Crawford and Andrew Ratcliffe, independent SAS consultants in the UK. Crawford creates a current time stamp, and Ratcliffe uses Display Manager commands to copy text files.

    Read more at http://support.sas.com/sassamples/quicktips/ukmacros.html

    TIP00303 - OpenVMS, SAS, File Version Maximum and Lock File by Charles Patridge

    TIP00302 - Techniques to Breakup, Subset or Divide a Larger SAS Dataset into smaller SAS datasets by the values of a SAS variable by Dennis Diskin, Rob Workman and Charles Patridge

    Do you know how to use value ranges to develop SAS/GRAPH charts? Take a look at author Thomas Miron's solution from "The How-To Book for SAS/GRAPH Software." Read more at http://www.sas.com/service/doc/pdf/55203_ch16pg95.pdf "SAS Programming by Example," Ron Cody and Ray Pass explain why using the LENGTH statement with the SUBSTR function is a good idea. Read more at http://www.sas.com/service/doc/pdf/55126_ch5ex8.pdf

    http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htmTime Zone Information submitted by David Ward

    TIP00301 - A technique to Extract, Subdivide, Subset or breakup a Large SAS Dataset into smaller evenly divided SAS datasets by David Ward and Bill Österlund

    TIP00300 - Finding the LAST Occurence of a Character in a Character String by David Ward

    TIP00299 - Condensing/Collapsing/Mapping Data from a specific value to a range of values by Ya Huang and Paul Dorfman

    TIP00298 - Check Digits SAS Routine by Ron Fehd

    TIP00297 - How to check to see if a specific SAS variable has consistent attributes across all SAS datasets within a SAS library using SASHELP.VCOLUMN by Charles Patridge

    TIP00296 - How to read Multiple Data Lines for 1 Record (OBS) by Paul Dorfman and B. Rogers

    Quick Tip: SAS Reports in Your PC Worksheet EASY AS PIE!
    By David Beam, Steve First and Katie Minton-Ronk, Systems Seminar Consultants http://support.sas.com/sassamples/quicktips/pcwrksheet.html

    Sample of how to do a VENN Diagram in SAS Graph (submitted by Ya Huang - ya.huang@agouron.com)

    http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/sample/graph/other-venn.html

    Delete User-Defined Macro Variables from Your Global Symbol Table

    When a macro variable is created, it is added to a macro symbol table. A new SAS 8.2 macro function lets you easily delete user-defined macro variables from your Global Symbol Table. Read more at http://www.sas.com/service/techtips/ts_qa/globalsymbol.html

    TIP00295 - How to write Excel functions using SAS code by Koen Vyverman

    TIP00294 - here are 3 examples of how to quickly access Oracle tables from SAS version 8 by Travis Jarrell

    TIP00293 - Need varying number of macro arguments? by Mark Terjeson

    TIP00292 - How to write a trademark sign using SAS? Or, how to determine the Character Set on a specific Platform by Jeff Voeller

    Interpreting DATA Step Messages for Raw Data Files Our July 10 Technical Tip covered some of the intricacies of using the INFILE and INPUT statements with the DATA step to read raw data into SAS. The flexibility of the INPUT statement can, however, make it tricky to debug. This week, Bits and Bytes columnist Melinda Thielbar focuses further on how SAS reads raw data. She discusses some common symptoms of logic errors on the INPUT statement and how you can deal with them.

    Read more at http://www.sas.com/service/techtips/bitsandbytes/bbinfile.html

    Numeric Precision 101

    This paper from SAS Technical Support is intended as a basic introduction to numeric precision. Maybe you're just beginning to program with SAS or maybe it's been a long time since you studied number theory. This paper provides an overview of numeric precision and representation issues within SAS applications.

    Read more at http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/technote/ts654.html

    TIP00291 - Get Zipcode from State Code by Charles Patridge

    TIP00290 - HTML Email in SAS V 8.2 by Simon Pickles

    TIP00288 - Character Pattern Matching by Greg Snell, Dennis Diskin and Richard DeVenezia

    TIP00287 - Writing Catalog Content to an External File with PROC BUILD By SAS Institute Inc

    TIP00286 - Quick Tip: Making Sense of the INFILE and INPUT Statements or MISSOVER, TRUNCOVER, and PAD, OH MY! By Randall Cates, SAS Technical Training Specialist

    TIP00285 - How to Read A Report File as Input to a SAS Program by Bob Burnham

    TIP00284 - N% (N Percent) Sample Size of a SQl SubQuery by Mark Terjeson

    TIP00283 - Count # of occurrences of a character string within a character string by Heide Tribius and Paul Dorfman

    TIP00282 - Some information about Social Security Numbers (SSN) by Mark Terjeson

    TIP00281 - How can I change a specific part of a string which contain the same words more than once by Charles Patridge

    TIP00280 - How can I pass a value to a macro variable at execution time by Etienne Marot, Richard DeVenezia and Jack Shoemaker

    TIP00279 - Print 1, a couple, or a hold directory of SAS programs by Jules Bosch, alternate solution for Alpha OpenVMS platform by Charles Patridge

    TIP00278 - Good Notes and Bad Notes: Interpreting SAS Log Messages by Bits & Bytes columnist Melinda Thielbar of SAS Institute Inc.

    TIP00277 - Parsing First Name, Middle Initial, Last Name and Suffix from a Character String by Jim Brittain

    TIP00276 - Illustrate fuzzy linkage/matching using a highly simplified scoring method by Sigurd Hermansen

    TIP00275 - Count number of items in the value of a macro variable by Paul Dorfman

    TIP00274 - How to read a CSV with variable number of columns (fields) by Charles Patridge and Ian Whitlock

    TIP00273 - SAS macros as an aid to predictive modelling / datamining by Clemens van Brunschot

    TIP00271 - Attaching Meaningful Labels to Transposed Data by Neale Parsons

    TIP00270 - Compress Function Routine for Macro Variables by Peter Crawford

    TIP00269 - The first new Census data in 10 years is now available submitted by Jay Wolfkind

    TIP00267 - Sample of the SAS CONSIG Salary/Rate Survey data by Charles Patridge

    TIP00266 - How to force a Page Break within an HTML document by Darryl Lawrence

    TIP00264 - How to Parameterize Your SAS Program presented at DCSUG June 13, 2000 (WORD Document)

    TIP00261 - This macro converts any numeric SAS variable that has a missing value to a ZERO by Ian Whitlock

    TIP00260 - On-Line SAS Video Training Tutorials by Charles Patridge

    TIP00257 - How to calculate the number of days in a given month by Pete Lund and Mason Burley

    TIP00256 - "fuzzy" matching for cases like this where there are common fields, but not necessary exact matches within the field by Karsten Self

    TIP00255 - Fuzzy / Linking Merge on SSN which may be incomplete contributed by Howard Schreier

    TIP00254 - How to read a file where variables are split/wrap across records by David Ward

    TIP00253 - SAS Tips, Papers, and Articles on David Johnson's Website

    TIP00252 - Inspecting the values of a macro variable by David Johnson and Peter Crawford

    TIP00251 - Add +/- (plus/minus) to output numbers by Don Henderson

    TIP00250 - Fixing Title Case (Upcase and Lowcase) in Character Strings by SAS Training Specialist Melinda Thielbar

    TIP00248 - SAS-L archives from February 2001 back to 1995 by David Ward (Thanks David)

    TIP00246 - Finding a Numeric within a Character Variable by Dale McLerran and Charles Patridge

    TIP00245 - Some SAS Tips in French

    TIP00243 - Calculating Percentages (getting totals for denominator) by Robert Abelson

    TIP00242 - Find All OBS that are "closest" to a given OBS by Andreas Grueninger and Paul Dorfman

    TIP00241 - SAS can execute Excel macros using DDE by Brucken, Nancy

    TIP00239 - These SAS macros were written locally and are maintained by Mayo Clinic Staff

    TIP00238 - SUGI On-Line Proceedings by Curtis Smith

    TIP00237 - Converting hundreds of directories from Version 6 to Version 8 submitted by Meredith Clark

    TIP00236 - Tips for OS/390 by SAS Institute Inc. Technical Support

    TIP00235 - TS-644 Everything you want to know about MERGE but were afraid to ask by SAS Institute Inc. Technical Support

    TIP00234 - HOW TO DIRECT/Create OUTPUT FILES BASED ON A VARIABLE IN DATASTEP? by Paul Dorfman

    TIP00233 - Finding Lowest/Highest Scores Efficiently by Ludwig Boltzmann (also see tip00121)

    TIP00232 - Setting the AutoScroll Value to Suppress Scrolling of Windows Makes your SAS jobs run faster in Display Manager by Jean-Louis Dubois, the Customer Support Manager in SAS' Belgium office

    TIP00230 - Rounding Time to 15 minute intervals by Peter Lund

    TIP00229 - Finding the number of matching IDs between multiple files - two at a time (pair-wise) by Paul Dorfman and Shiling Zhang

    TIP00228 - How to read a Flat File such as "TestData.txt" by Charles Patridge, Peter Crawford and Gunnar Keen 

       Contents of testdata.txt
   q1=20&q2=100&q3=20
   q1=50&q2=60&q3=45
   q1=15&q2=6&q3=2

    TIP00226 - merging two files and accumulate a numeric field at the same time by Charles Patridge and Perry Bratis

    TIP00225 - Date field formatted as DD-MON-YYYY (eg, 17-DEC-2000) in Version 8 posted by Paul Dorfman and authored by Mike Rhoads

    TIP00224 - Some information about the SOUNDEX function and Algorithm by Charles Patridge

    TIP00221 - SAS/Macro: adding quotes & commas to a passed list by Paul M. Dorfman and Charles Patridge

    TIP00219 - Record Linkage Articles, Software and Related Information by Sigurd Hermansen and Charles Patridge

    TIP00218 - This page contains an index to the NBER collection of Census/BLS format micro data files from the Current Population Survey by Jean Roth

    TIP00204 - Extract City, State and Zipcode from a Character String by Charles Patridge, Ron Fehd, Ya Huang and Mike Zdeb

    TIP00202 - Dynamic Table LookUp, Nested Formats, Linking, Binary / Indexed / Formatted Search by Paul Dorfman, Ian Whitlock, Karsten Self, and Peter Crawford
    Tip 00201 is similiar

    TIP00201 - Linking, Hashing, Parent/Child, Genealogy type processing by Paul Dorfman and Charles Patridge
    Tip 00202 is similiar

    TIP00197 - How to do sampling with Proc SQL by Anthony Kilili and Joe DeShon

    TIP00196 - Ultra-Edit Tool Configuration for SAS by John Iwaniszek

    TIP00187 - Macro to call Proc Freq once with numerous Table statements by Charles Patridge and Ron Fehd

    TIP00171 - To put quote marks around elements of a list and separate them with a delimiter like a comma by Roland Rashleigh-Berry and Paul Dorfman

    TIP00163 - Checking for Valid Words in each OBS by Charles Patridge and Pete Lund

    TIP00162 - Need to transfer hundreds of excel files to sas datasets. Is there any efficient way to do this instead of one by one? (currently using dbmscopy) by Jack Hamilton, Steve Dubnoff, and Lynn Foster-Johnson

    TIP00161 - Writing a flat file where the variable labels (if they exist) are written as column headings. Otherwise the variable names are used. by Winston Groenewald

    TIP00160 - Lagged Observations by Winston Groenewald 

    *|             k                                                |*;
*| Generating \- (n(i)*(n(i)-1)  lagged observations from a SAS |*;
*|            /- ______________                                 |*;
*|           i=1      2                                         |*;
*| data set with n(i) observations in k by groups.              |*;
*|--------------------------------------------------------------|*;
    TIP00159 - List of SAS macros by Richard DeVenezia

    TIP00158 - Finding character strings by Mark Terjeson, Ian Whitlock, and Jonathan Goldberg

    TIP00157 - How to Reverse/Rename Variables by Harry Droogendyk and Peter Crawford

    TIP00156 - Determine all zipcodes within (<=) X miles of a given zipcode and Distance is computed as 'spherical distance' using the Haversine Formula by Richard A. DeVenezia (copyrighted)

    TIP00155 - Manipulating Characters Strings - Reverse Words of a String by Charles Patridge and Laurie Fleming

    TIP00154 - Quick Tip: Self Adjusting Date Formats by Marianne Whitlock

    TIP00153 - ROUTINE FOR CRASHING A SAS JOB ONCE IT HAS STARTED by Neale Parsons

    TIP00152 - Some web sites to help with international zip codes by Neale Parsons

    TIP00151 - SAS Tips and AF Tools by Richard DeVenezia

    TIP00150 - How to read a numeric field with a negative sign at the end of the number by Paul Dorfman and Louis Laproi

    TIP00149 - Descriptions of probabilistic linking routines posted on SAS-L by Mike Zdeb

    TIP00148 - Use the Metadata from 1 Dataset to populate the Metadata of another Dataset by Charles Patridge

    TIP00147 - EXAMPLE OF A ROUTINE TO LIMIT A SAS PROGRAM RUN-TIME by NEALE PARSONS

    TIP00146 - Dynamically Allocating SAS Datasets using Dynamic SAS Macro Variables by Charles Patridge

    TIP00145 - Convert External SAS programs to SOURCE entries into a SAS Catalog by Charles Patridge

    TIP00144 - Is there a way to make SAS print the current time and date rather than the time and date when SAS was last started? by Robert Workman

    TIP00143 - How to make all SAS variable labels equal to Blanks by Charles Patridge and a more efficient solution by Robert Krajcik

    TIP00142 - ROUTINE TO CALCULATE MEDIANS without Proc Univariate by Neale Parsons

    TIP00141 - the time of sunrise and sunset and length of daylight printed for each day by William Kreuter and Patrice Bourdages

    TIP00140 - CHECK to see if a Macro Var exists by Robert Krajcik

    TIP00139 - Zip Code and County SAS Dataset Information by John Blodgett

    TIP00138 - Getting First and Last Records of a SAS Dataset by Shiling Zhang

    TIP00137 - Help! My NT Server is Too Slow by Wes Smith of SI

    TIP00136 - I would like to generate nine variables from a nine length character string by Fabrizio, Rob Workman and Paul Dorfman

    TIP00134 - 

    
Suppose I have the following dataset: 
MyData:
ID Class grade
001 100 A
001 200 B
001 300 A
002 100 A
002 100 B
002 200 C
003 100 A
003 200 B
003 300 A
    Right now, what I want to select is those who attended the same class twice.

    Multiple Solutions by Mark Terjeson, Sheryll Roberson, David Ward, and Dan Nordlund

    TIP00133 - Convert V6 library to V8 by Robert P. Rohrbough

    TIP00132 - Some nice tips and news letters from Systems SEMINAR CONSULTANTS, Inc.

    TIP00131 - Read a SPEC file to read a flat file (working sample) by Charles Patridge

    TIP00130 - A MACRO that can compute the exact number of YEARS, MONTHS & DAYS between two SAS-dates by Jan Selchau-Hansen

    TIP00129 - I would like to randomly select 600 obs from a dataset of 6000 obs by Jan Selchau-Hansen, Shan, Lars Jacobsen

    TIP00128 - Data Scrubbing Routines by Charles Patridge

    TIP00127 - SAS to text macro - unique approach submitted by David Ward

    TIP00126 - format for HTTP status codes by John Iwaniszek and David Ward

    TIP00125 - I have the FIPS 5 character code, how do I get the county names? By John Blodgett and Phil Rack

    TIP00124 - How do to a Many-to-Many Match Merge Using Proc SQL by Charles Patridge
    and Multiple Solutions using Data Step by Paul Dorfman

    TIP00123 - Where can I get the SAS Software and how much does it cost? by Charles Patridge

    TIP00122 - Drop variables from a dataset where their values equals zero for all OBS by Charles Patridge and Alternate Solution (better) by Shiling Zhang

    TIP00121 - Sort and Rank an Array of Numeric Variables (lowest to highest) by Charles Patridge and Ron Fehd (also see tip00233)

    TIP00120 - Extracting a numeric from within a character string by David Ward and Laurie Abell

    TIP00119 - PURPOSE: A Macro to show current macro variables in use in a tabular report by Arthur Asghar

    TIP00118 - Can some one tell me how to subscribe SAS list server? By F.J. Kelley

    TIP00117 - Convert 12345.78 to "twelve thousand three hundred forty-five and 78/100" by Richard E. James

    TIP00116 - How to get the first digit of the number by Charles Patridge

    TIP00115 - Comparing two SAS data sets with many variables by Tim Liu

    TIP00114 - Page N of N by SAS Institute Staff located in SAS Sample Code Library

    TIP00113 - by Asghar, Arthur
    %CRINDEX - PURPOSE: creates index, simple or compound, if it does not exist
    %DELNDX - PURPOSE: drop an existing index from a table

    TIP00112 - Do you know an easy way to have the datasets of a library put into a macro variable ? by Christoph Edel

    TIP00111 - Calculating/Comparing Values Across Records (OBS) using the LAG Function by Charles Patridge

    TIP00110 - ROUTINE TO ASSIST IN PRODUCING TREND DATA by NEALE PARSONS

    TIP00109 - Moving SAS macro variables across platforms by Tim Liu
    Better than tip00107,
    and additional tip by Lisa McGrath with assistance/help from Nancy Brucken and David Johnson.

    TIP00108 - Use the Haversine formula to calculate distance between two points on earth using Latitudes/Longitudes by David Ward

    TIP00107 - A very SIMPLE example that allows passing a resolved SAS macro variable from 1 platform to another remote SAS session on another platform by Charles Patridge
    see tip00109 for a more generic and flexible solution, and a version 8 solution by Meredith Clark

    TIP00106 - A simple example of how arrays and/or macros can save coding and minimize maintenance by Charles Patridge

    TIP00105 - Age Computation submitted by Peter Lund, Author is Billy Kreuter

    TIP00104 - what's the best way to pull out the records that have multiple sessions (That is more than 1 unique value of a variable)? Solution by Rich DeVenezia

    TIP00103 - Beginning and Ending Dates of a Week of the Year Solutions by Pete Lund, Jack Hamilton and Mike Zdeb

    TIP00102 - How to execute a SAS BATCH job from a Web Page without having the SAS Intrnet Tools in a Windows NT Environment? solution by Droogendyk, Harry

    TIP00101 - Searching for any one of a series of words by Paul M. Dorfman, S. David Riba, Faith Sloan, Charles Patridge and R. Krajcik

    TIP00100 - S. David Riba's web site filled with SAS articles

    TIP00099 - Expanding a variable across records based upon conditional logic by S David Riba

    TIP00098 - Truncating Question with Proc Report by Wanda Upole

    TIP00097 - A sas to excel macro using DDE by Hongjie Wang

    TIP00096 - Number of words in a Character String by Robert Krajcik

    TIP00095 - Generate the RGB color codes for HTML color attributes by Charles Patridge and Ian Whitlock's alternate solution

    TIP00094 - Example of using Nested Formats within a Format by Charles Patridge

    TIP00093 - A GUIDE TO THE YEARCUTOFF= OPTION by SAS Institute, Inc.

    TIP00092 - simple routine to produce results below by Charles Patridge - relates to linking, matching, child/parent relations, cross reference

     
 /***  Ex: Input                                           ***/
 /***  3209    APTY                                        ***/
 /***  3210    APTY                                        ***/
 /***  3212    APTY                                        ***/
 /***  3213    ACOP                                        ***/
 /***  APTY    AIMS                                        ***/
 /***  ARAF    AIMS                                        ***/
 /***  ACOP    QTIM                                        ***/
 /***  QTIM    SIAM                                        ***/
 /***                                                      ***/
 /***  Ex: Desired Output                                  ***/
 /***    OBS     VAR1  VAR2  VAR3  VAR4  VAR5              ***/
 /***      1     3209  APTY  AIMS                          ***/
 /***      2     3210  APTY  AIMS                          ***/
 /***      3     3212  APTY  AIMS                          ***/
 /***      4     3213  ACOP  QTIM  SIAM                    ***/
 /***      5     APTY  AIMS                                ***/
 /***      6     ARAF  AIMS                                ***/
 /***      7     ACOP  QTIM  SIAM                          ***/
 /***      8     QTIM  SIAM                                ***/

    TIP00091 - Selectively Processing SAS Datasets - Technical Tip by Sunil Kumar Gupta - see tip 00068 as an alternative

    TIP00090 - Capture Options settings and set them back by Don Stanley

    TIP00089 - I have 500 variables in my dataset. Is there any efficient way to name all the variables into var1,var2,...,var500 ? by F a b r i z i o

    TIP00088 - Lookup Table Merge by Larry Kemp, Charles Patridge and Jacksen Lou

    TIP00087 - Is there a way to write dates in format DD-MMM-YY (for example 08/27/99 = 8-AUG-99) in version 6.12? Multiple Solutions by Charles Patridge and Chris Jones

    TIP00086 - Temperature conversion by Fabrizio

    TIP00085 - rewriting merge/data statement by Paul M. Dorfman

    Problem:                  
   Is there a more concise way to write the following ?:
                 
   DATA Z_BH_L;
     MERGE BUY_L1  BUY_L2  BUY_L3  BUY_L4  BUY_L5
           BUY_L6  BUY_L7  BUY_L8  BUY_L9  BUY_L10 BUY_L11
           BUY_L12 BUY_L13 BUY_L14 BUY_L15 BUY_L16 BUY_L17
           BUY_L18 BUY_L19 BUY_L20 BUY_L21 BUY_L22;  
     by sasyear; run;

    TIP00084 - Read a SAS Character Variable which contains a list of character words and convert to a macro variable which takes these words and surrounds each one with quotes, in order to be used with the "IN" operator as part of a where clause

    Somewhat similiar to tip00032 but this deals with Macro Vars SAS MACRO variables can contain up to 32K of data unlike a maximum of 200 characters for a SAS var By Charles Patridge and Ian Whitlock

    TIP00083 - Using an input statement, how do you read a fraction and connvert it to a floating point numeric? by Andrew Cary

    TIP00082 - Some uses (and handy abuses) of PROC TRANSPOSE by Ralph W. Leighton of The Hartford

    TIP00081 - I am an SPSS user and I am attempting to move data from a SAS file into a file with ASCII data to be used with SPSS. How do I convert the SAS file so that I may use SPSS? Solution by Glenn Curtiss

    TIP00080 - Converting SPSS files to SAS Datasets by Chad Worthham, Shulamit Edelstein, and Marc R. Feldesman

    TIP00079 - Macro Looping within a DATA STEP - Reading numerous SAS Data sets with minimimal code using Macro by Shiling Zhang

    TIP00078 - I want to run several sas programs (via batch submit) nested within a single 'master.sas' program. Multiple solutions by Lex Jansen and Earl Westerlund.

    TIP00077 - A MACRO TOOL TO SEARCH AND REPLACE PORTIONS OF TEXT by Jennifer Lin

    TIP00076 - How to clear Macro Variables - by Richard DeVenezia

    TIP00075 - Produce Percents to Totals in by group processing using PROC SQL by Herman Jacobs

    TIP00074 - List of SAS Tips and Articles by Clarence Wm. Jackson

    TIP00073 - Does anyone know of a way to change the position or order of variables within a sas data set? by Charles Patridge, Ian Whitlock and Jack Shoemaker

    TIP00072 - Using prompts in SAS by Victoria Wilkins

    TIP00071 - I have a lot files under a library. And I want to SET them (all) together, and their names do not have any sequence. Is there any command I can do for it without typing all these names ? Solution by Shiling Zhang

    TIP00070 - Since there is no LEAD function in SAS, here is a simple method to simulate the effects of a LEAD function (a reverse of a LAG). A More elegant solution provided by Paul Dorfman, Mike Zdeb, Ian Whitlock, and Nigel Pain

    TIP00069 - Simple Lag Problem without using the lag function an answer given to SAS-L plea for a solution Alternate solutions by David Booth and Don Stanley

    TIP00068 - This macro pulls off all of the data set names for a particular libref. It will print off a sample of data or the entire data set for each member of a catalog - by Janet Stuelpner. - see tip 00091 as an alternative

    TIP00067 - How to read only the LAST Record of a SAS Dataset without reading the WHOLE file by Don Stanley with Ian Whitlock's touch

    TIP00066 - What do you do when you have over 750 external text files to replace 1 character string with another character string?

    TIP00065 - Determine the number of occurences a particular week day has occurred since the beginning of the year by Andrew Cary

    TIP00064 - How to use PUT "Alignment Option" by Andrew Ratcliffe

    TIP00063 - ISO 8601 version of Weeknumber in SAS by Lars Jacobsen

    TIP00062 - Reading DB2 Data and Formatting Reports Using SAS Comparison with QMF/SQL By Diane Marie Goldschmidt

    TIP00061 - Macro to Center, Left and Right Justify your Title and Footnote Statements. Alternate solution provided by Ian Whitlock

    TIP00060 - Reading a Web Page directly from a SAS Data Step by Paul Odenkamp (SAS-L)

    TIP00059 - A set of SAS macros which will read an Excel CSV file and create a SAS Dataset Alternative solution by Ian Whitlock

    TIP00058 - Removed Contiguous Multiple Repeated Characters from Character Variable Ex: HHHAAAAPPYYYY TIIIMMMMES ARREE HHEERREE AAGGAIIN ! = HAPY TIMES ARE HERE AGAIN !

    TIP00057 - Amortizaton Routine - Use of the MORT FUNCTION in BASE SAS

    TIP00056 - Creating and Obtaining your own defined Percentiles

    TIP00055 - If you are using Proc Transpose within a MACRO LOOP

    TIP00054 - MACRO TO GET LIST OF EXTERNAL SAS PROGRAMS FROM A VMS DIRECTORY AND TURN ALL PROGRAMS INTO UPPER CASE

    TIP00053 - Using Proc Report, Calculate Record %'s to Report Totals

    TIP00052 - Re-Shaping Your Data with Proc Transpose

    TIP00051 - An Aid in Troubleshooting a SAS program by Al Lavoie

    TIP00050 - Using Proc Calendar to generate a monthly and yearly workday calendar

    TIP00049 - Use of SAS Functions by Janet Stuelpner of ASG, Inc.

    TIP00048 - SAS trick when reading CSV or PRN files where there are mutliple occurrences of delimiters without text between them; for example:1,2,3,,,4,5,,6,,,,10

    TIP00047 - A simple SAS program to calculate age and medicare age of a person

    TIP00046 - A simple SAS program to dump SAS reports to an HTML page.

    TIP00045 - A simple SAS program to calculate Earned Premium as define by most Insurance standards.

    TIP00044 - Using SAS Share more Efficiently by Phillip Holland

    TIP00043 - Joining codes from various records onto 1 record

    TIP00042 - Determine Number of Workdays in a Month (also see tip00384)

    TIP00041 - Simulation of a Customer Waiting in a Line (Queuing)

    TIP00040 - Dealing with Percentages that do not add up 1.000

    TIP00039 - February 29 and Leap Year Tip

    TIP00038 - Stareograms by SAS

    TIP00037 - Find Top 10% of the records of a SAS Dataset based upon a selected SAS variable.

    TIP00036 - Error Handling Macro for SAS Character Variables

    TIP00035 - Macro to Determine LINESIZE during a SAS Session Multiple Solutions by Charles Patridge and Fabrizio

    TIP00034 - Tips and Techniques on SAS Character Functions

    TIP00033 - Technique for Creating a Record where there is none and you want one

    TIP00032 - A Macro Take a character string of numbers which are separated by /*blanks and create a new character string where each number is surrounded with quotes and a comma is placed between each number. Original string: 01 02 03 04 05 06 Resultant string:'01','02','03','04,'05','06'

    See TIP00084 which is similiar to this but deals with Macro Vars

    TIP00031 - Finding Potentially Duplicate records within 1 file using the SOUNDEX function

    TIP00030 - Using a Text String as a Column Positioner for the Input Statement

    TIP00029 - Calculate Age of a Person as of Today

    TIP00028 - Sort and Store SAS vars alphabetical within Dataset Alternate Solution by Richard DeVenezia

    TIP00027 - Create a Blank Page of Output

    TIP00026 - Calculate Week of the Year Macro - Multiple Solutions are Provided Updated February 26, 1997

    TIP00025 - Audit trail of record when SAS variable is missing or blank

    TIP00024 - Transport ALPHA/VAX SAS Dataset to another environment

    TIP00020 - Sample of using VMS logicals with SAS filename

    TIP00019 - Sample of issuing a System command from within SAS

    TIP00018 - Generate a list of macro vars

    TIP00017 - Macro to generate a list of macro variables to be used in another SAS statement.

    TIP00016 - FSEDIT/SCL example to create edit which spans more than 1 record

    TIP00015 - Routine to convert Upper Case Data to all but 1st character of each word to lower case. Multiple Solutions by Charles Patridge, Fabrizio, and Lawrence H. ('Doc') Muhlbaier

    TIP00014 - Amortization Routine

    TIP00013 - Use System Function in AF/SCL

    TIP00012 - Change all missing numeric data to 0's in a SAS Dataset Alternative solution by Ian Whitlock and Jean-Louis Dubois

    TIP00011 - Create Format to use Parenthesis for Negative #'s

    TIP00010 - Center a Text String when doing Data _NULL_ Report Writing

    TIP00009 - Create Comma delimited file from SAS Dataset

    Another more efficient solution by David Mabey
    Also see other similiar tips such 00127

    TIP00008 - Moving SAS Datasets from Windows to Pathworks Environment

    TIP00007 - Routine to Smooth Time Series Data

    TIP00006 - Simple Example of using Display Manager as a System File Editor

    TIP00005 - Current Quote String over 200 Characters Error MESSAGE

    TIP00004 - Some unusual SASHELP facilities

    TIP00003 - Date/Time code for AF/SCL applications

    TIP00002 - Macro to dynamically allocate a TSO Dataset

    TIP00001 - Macro to get # of OBS in SAS Dataset

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