Carpenter’s Guide to Innovative SAS Techniques

Carpenter’s Guide to Innovative SAS Techniques offers advanced SAS programmers an all-in-one programming reference that includes advanced topics not easily found outside the depths of SAS documentation or more advanced training classes. Art Carpenter has written fifteen chapters of advanced tips and techniques, including topics on data summary, data analysis, and data reporting. Special emphasis is placed on DATA step techniques that solve complex data problems. There are numerous examples that illustrate advanced techniques that take advantage of formats, interface with the macro language, and utilize the Output Delivery System. Additional topics include operating system interfaces, table lookup techniques, and the creation of customized reports.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Data Preparation
Chapter 1 Moving, Copying, Importing, and Exporting Data
Chapter 1 Working with Your Data
Chapter 3 Just In the DATA Step
Chapter 4 Sorting the Data
Chapter 5 Working with Data Sets
Chapter 6 Table Lookup Techniques

Part 2 Data Summary, Analysis, and Reporting
Chapter 7 MEANS and SUMMARY Procedures
Chapter 8 Other Reporting and Analysis Procedures
Chapter 9 SAS/GRAPH Elements You Should Know-Even if You Don’t Use SAS/GRAPH
Chapter 10 Presentation Graphics-More than Just SAS/GRAPH
Chapter 11 Output Delivery System

Part 3 Techniques, Tools, and Interfaces
Chapter 12 Taking Advantage of Formats
Chapter 13 Interfacing with the Macro Language
Chapter 14
Chapter 15 Miscellaneous Topics

Appendix A Topical Index
Appendix B Usage Index