SAS Author’s Tip

Using ‘options’ in the SAS Enterprise Guide query builder

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2月 192015

Tucked in the SAS Enterprise Guide Query Builder there is a text box unhelpfully labelled 'Options'. To find it select Options -> Options for this query -> General, and it is about halfway down the screen. I am going to show you how to use that text box to make your tables smaller, and how […]

SAS author’s tip: Getting the macro language to perform a %DO loop over a list of values

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1月 302015

This week’s author tip is from Robert Virgile and his book “SAS Macro Language Magic: Discovering Advanced Techniques”. Virgile chose this tip because discovering and developing this technique will help you make the most of MACROS. We hope you find this tip useful. You can also read an excerpt from […]

Five tips from Simulating Data with SAS

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1月 202015

Data simulation is a fundamental technique in statistical programming and research. My book Simulating Data with SAS is an accessible how-to book that describes the most useful algorithms and the best programming techniques for efficient data simulation in SAS. Here are five lessons you can learn by reading it: Learn strategies […]

SAS author’s tip: Identifying FIRST.row and LAST.row in by-groups

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1月 092015

A popular DATA step programming technique frequently used by SAS users is the ability to identify the beginning and ending observation in by-groups. The way it works is whenever a BY statement is specified with a SET statement, two temporary variables are created in the Program Data Vector (PDV), FIRST.variable […]

SAS author’s tip: Wrangling specific statistical values from SAS output

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8月 152014

This week’s author tip is from Jack Shostak’s new book SAS Programming in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Second Edition. If you're interested in this week's free tip and want to learn more about the topic or book, visit our online catalog. You'll find a free book excerpt, example code and data, and more. General […]

SAS author’s tip: Using the %SYSFUNC and %QSYSFUNC macro functions

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8月 082014

This week’s author tip is from Michele Burlew and her new book SAS Macro Programming Made Easy, Third Edition. Burlew chose this tip because she says the %SYSFUNC and %QSYSFUNC functions allow you to use SAS language functions in macro programming. Access to these functions greatly increases macro programming power […]

SAS author’s tip: What is Clinical Endpoint Committee data?

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8月 012014

This week’s author tip is from Jack Shostak’s new book SAS Programming in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Second Edition. Shostak has been using SAS for nearly 30 years. In that time, he’s co-authored two other books, Common Statistical Methods for Clinical Research with SAS Examples, Third Edition, and Implementing CDISC Using […]

SAS author’s tip: Combining macro variables with text

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7月 232014

This week’s author tip is from Michele Burlew and her new book SAS Macro Programming Made Easy, Third Edition. Burlew chose this tip because she says it’s important to understand how SAS determines where a macro variable reference starts and stops, and often a delimiter is needed to tell SAS […]

SAS author’s tip: Getting an accurate picture of claims data

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7月 172014

This week’s author tip is from Matthew Gillingham and his new book SAS Programming with Medicare Administrative Data. Gillingham has been programming in SAS for 15 years and has spent 10 of those years specifically dealing with health care use, cost and quality measurement. Here’s Gillingham’s tip for you: To […]

SAS author’s tip: Performing floating point number comparisons

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7月 072014

The SAS author’s tip of the week blogs are back! Sorry for the short break - I’ve been working to transition into my new role as editor of the SAS Bookshelf. We will continue to feature these helpful tips for our readers. Please let me know if there is any […]

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