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A Clever Demonstration of the SAS SUBSTR Function: The SAS SUBSTR function differs from the substring function in other programming languages as it can be used on either side of the assignment operator. This paper demonstrates its practical usage by building programs to separate and manipulate text. Specific topics include: Proper Syntax Use; Comparison with the COLON MODIFIER;...; Tags: SAS Institute, SAS SUBSTR Function; White papers 2005-03-09

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An Introduction to SAS Character Functions: SAS software is especially rich in its assortment of functions that deal with character data. This class of functions is sometimes called STRING functions. With over 30 new character functions in SAS 9, the power of SAS to manipulate character data is even more impressive. Some of the functions discussed...; Tags: Function, SAS Institute; White papers 2007-05-14
Using SAS/OR to Determine the Optimal Path to Graduation: An integer program is formulated to create the programs of study for several student scenarios. SAS/OR is used to minimize the objective function of time to graduation subject to a set of assignment and policy constraints. The program is written with SAS 9.3.1 SP3 in Windows XP. The intended audience...; Tags: SAS Institute, Audience, SAS/OR, Integer Program; White papers 2007-05-14
An Introduction to SAS Character Functions (Including Some New SAS9 Functions): SAS software is especially rich in its assortment of functions that deal with character data. This class of functions is sometimes called STRING functions. With over 30 new character functions in Version 9, the power of SAS to manipulate character data is even more impressive. Some of the functions discussed...; Tags: Function, SAS Institute; White papers 2005-03-09
Customizing Your SAS Initialization: Whether writing a short SAS script for statistical analysis, developing new software powered by SAS, or customizing an existing SAS script to a person's needs, it is important to get off to a good start when using the SAS Windowing Environment commonly called the SAS Display Manager. This is the...; Tags: SAS Institute; White papers 2007-05-14

Migrating Your SAS Applications to SAS 9.1.3 and Beyond: One has heard about the new features of SAS9, but one has several mission critical SAS 8 applications written with products that are no longer being talked about (i.e., SAS/IntrNet and SAS/AF software). One would like to be able to move these applications forward to SAS 9 so that they...; Tags: SAS Institute; White papers 2008-03-14
Proc SQL - A Primer for SAS Programmers: The Structured Query Language SQL has a very different syntax and, often, a very different method of creating the desired results than the SAS Data Step and the SAS procedures. Only a very thorough manual, such as the SAS Guide to the Proc SQL Procedure, could even begin to describe...; Tags: SAS Institute, SQL, Programmer; White papers 2006-02-28
SAS Enterprise Guide 3.0 for SAS Programmers - A Roadmap to Combining the Best of Both Worlds: SAS Enterprise Guide is a powerful Windows client application that provides both a guided mechanism to utilize the power of SAS and an intuitive SAS code development environment. Results can be shared throughout the organization either via the SAS Stored Process Server, SAS IntrNet, the SAS Information Delivery Portal, email,...; Tags: SAS Institute, Programmer, SAS Enterprise Guide; White papers 2004-04-14
SAS IT Resource Management Forecasting: SAS Enterprise Guide is an application written by SAS that runs under the Windows operating environment. SAS Enterprise Guide provides a point-and-click interface that generates SAS code and produces results from licensed SAS products. Many types of data residing on a variety of computer servers can be accessed and analyzed...; Tags: Information Technology, SAS Institute, Forecasting, SAS Enterprise Guide; White papers 2004-03-01
A "SAS Programmer's" Guide to SAS Enterprise Guide: This paper will demonstrate how SAS programmers can use SAS Enterprise Guide as their primary interface to the SAS system while maintaining the flexibility of writing their own customized code. The paper takes a look at how to navigate the views and menus, how SAS Enterprise Guide can be used...; Tags: SAS Institute, Programmer; White papers 2007-05-14
The New World of SAS: Programming With SAS Enterprise Guide: SAS Enterprise Guide (with its easy-to-use interface) has been a boon to SAS users, especially non-programmers. However, SAS Enterprise Guide provides some powerful new features that are geared toward the SAS programmer, including an integrated process-flow view of the project; the ability to create, publish, and execute stored processes; and...; Tags: SAS Institute, Programming; White papers 2005-03-09
Find Out What You're Missing: Programming With SAS Enterprise Guide: More and more SAS programmers are adopting SAS Enterprise Guide as their programming environment. Many are "Willing converts" because they see the productivity benefits. Others are reluctant, but are forced down this path because their organization has centralized SAS on a server, and SAS Enterprise Guide is their new gateway...; Tags: SAS Institute, Programming; White papers 2008-02-25
What's New in the 4.2 Releases of SAS Enterprise Guide and the SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office: SAS Enterprise Guide, the SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office for SAS 9.2, and SAS Enterprise BI Server 4.2 provide many new enhancements to help SAS programmers, business analysts, and other business users become more productive with SAS. This presentation will introduce the user to some of the highlights, including a...; Tags: Microsoft Office, SAS Institute, Microsoft Corp.; White papers 2008-03-13
Calculating Duration Via the Lagged Values of Variables: Duration calculation is common in many SAS programming tasks. Whenever an event occurs between a start date and an end date, one may need to compute the elapsed duration (in seconds, minutes, days) for the said event. The programming challenge in SAS often arises from having to perform operations across...; Tags: SAS Institute, Programming, Duration Calculation; White papers 2007-05-14
SAS With the Windows API: The core of the SAS language is written in C, which permits SAS to be readily ported to many operating systems. This is done by placing core SAS functionality over a layer that is specific to the Operating System OS. Since the first release of SAS version 6, this layer...; Tags: API, SAS Institute, Microsoft Windows; White papers 2005-03-09
Boost Your Programming Productivity With SAS Enterprise Guide: SAS Enterprise Guide (with its easy-to-use interface) has been a boon to SAS users, especially non-programmers. However, SAS Enterprise Guide provides some powerful new features that are geared toward the SAS programmer, including an integrated process-flow view of the developer's project; the ability to create, publish, and execute stored processes;...; Tags: SAS Institute, Programming; White papers 2005-03-09
Improve Your Dating: The INTNX Function Alignment Value SAMEDAY: The data step function INTNX returns a SAS date value incremented by a specified number of intervals (days, weeks, months, quarters, years, etc.). INTNX's optional fourth argument determines how the SAS date is aligned before it is incremented. In Version 9, a new alignment value was added: "sameday", which preserves...; Tags: SAS Institute, INTNX; White papers 2006-02-28
"That Can't Be SAS!" Starting SAS/AF Applications: As system developers create SAS software and applications, there are often several objectives, which must be adhered to. However, if the client can't figure out how to run and use the system, the fact that it is easy to maintain and does what it is suppose to no longer matters....; Tags: SAS Institute; White papers 2005-03-09
Through the Looking Glass: Two Windows Into SAS: It has always been true that with SAS there were many ways to solve an individual's problems, but when it came to visual interface the person's options were limited. That changed in v8 with the introduction of SAS/Integration Technologies and the Integrated Object Model IOM; SAS can now be seen...; Tags: SAS Institute, Microsoft Windows; White papers 2005-03-09
Using SAS to Control and Automate a Multi SAS Program Process: Often times a project is comprised of many SAS programs that need to run in a given order. Additionally, the SAS programs are dependent on previous SAS programs completing. One way to accomplish and automate this task is to use "Done" files and the SLEEP command in SAS. "Done" files...; Tags: SAS Institute; White papers 2006-02-28

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