Combining and Modifying SAS Data Sets: Examples, Version 6, First Edition

By Mike James

Combining and Modifying SAS Data Sets: Examples provides solutions for common tasks involving reshaping or combining SAS data sets. You can save programming hours by using these programs as a model for developing your own. In addition, examples demonstrate basic tasks such as converting a variable's type, working with character strings, and working with SAS time and date values, among others. Data combining and modifying tools used in these examples include DATA step features such as the SET, MERGE, and MODIFY statements; BY-group processing; array processing; and error handling; as well as the SQL procedure. This book is designed for intermediate to advanced SAS programmers who need minimal explanation and who can learn by example. The code is documented in margin notes, with only the most complicated issues explained in more detail. Chapter 1 and some examples direct you to sources of more complete information on the tools and concepts used. Book jacket.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 155544220X
• ISBN13: 9781555442200
• Release Date: July 1995
• Publisher: SAS Institute
• Length: 197 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

Very Good for the Intermediate to Advanced User

This book is best suited for intermediate to advanced SAS programmers who need to merge or otherwise combine or modify data sets. Although the MERGE command is quite simple, it can be quite tricky if not fully understood: Merge commands may combine your data in unexpected ways that won't always show as errors in your program log. Thus, it is extrememly important to know exactly what the program is doing.There are numerous...