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03/26/19

SAS can I make sas process observations backwards?

I know that Sas starts with the observation at the top of a dataset when processing and proceeds to the next until it reaches the bottom observation, but is there an easy way to make sas process... more

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Sas

03/19/19

SAS: concatenate different datasets while keeping the individual data table names?

I'm trying to concatenate multiple datasets in SAS, and I'm looking for a way to store information about individual dataset names in the final stacked dataset. For eg. initial data sets are... more

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Sas

03/19/19

How to pad out character fields in SAS?

I am creating a SAS dataset from a database that includes a VARCHAR(5) key field. This field includes some entries that use all 5 characters and some that use fewer. When I import this data, I... more

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Sas R Functional Programming Procedural Programming

03/19/19

Are statistical programming languages like R/SAS considered functional or procedural?

I still don't understand the difference after reading [this][1] [1]:... more

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Sas Exponent

03/19/19

SAS function for using 'power' / exponential?

I may be missing something obvious, but how do you calculate 'powers' in SAS? Eg X squared, or Y cubed? what I need is to have variable1 ^ variable2, but cannot find the syntax... (I am using... more

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Sas

03/18/19

List only the column names of a dataset?

I am working on SAS in UNIX env and I want to view only the column name of a dataset. I have tried proc contents and proc print but both of them list a lot of other irrevelant information that I do... more

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Sas

03/18/19

Would overwriting the existing SAS dataset take more time?

I got a short question - If we are creating a SAS dataset say - Sample.sas7bdat which already exists, will the code take more time to execute (because here the code has to overwrite the existing... more

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Sas

03/18/19

Is there a way to detect when you've reached the last observation in a SAS DATA step?

Is there a way to check how many observations are in a SAS data set at runtime OR to detect when you've reached the last observation in a DATA step? I can't seem to find anything on the web for... more

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Sas Java Jdbc Corba

03/18/19

Insert variables into SAS using JAVA (IOM Bridge). Should i use CORBA stubs and JDBC or is there any other alternative?

This is part of my code snippet WorkspaceConnector connector = null; WorkspaceFactory workspaceFactory = null; String variableListString = null; Properties sasServerProperties = new... more

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Sas

03/18/19

converting format (from date to numeric) using SAS?

I am working with a dataset in SAS, containing many variables. One of these variables is a DATE variable and it has a date/time format. It looks like this: 12FEB97:00:00:00 27MAR97:00:00:00 ... more

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Sas Base Quotes

03/18/19

What's your best trick to break out of an unbalanced quote condition in BASE SAS?

As a base SAS programmer, you know the drill: You submit your SAS code, which contains an unbalanced quote, so now you've got not only and unclosed quote, but also unclosed comments, macro... more

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Sas Statistics

03/15/19

How to count the number of observations in a SAS table?

I am very new to SAS. Now, I have a SAS data table as following: ID score ------------------- 01 1 02 3 03 4 04 2 Is there any way to save the number of observations in this table **using... more

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Sas Csv

03/15/19

Efficiently convert a SAS dataset into a CSV?

Can anyone tell me what is the fastest way to programmatically convert a SAS dataset into a CSV file. I know I can use a data step and output to a file etc. But is that the only way? Thanks, Adnan.

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Sas Etl

03/14/19

Replace missing values in SAS?

How do you replace all missing values with zeroes in SAS? I have a text file that I dump into SAS to process some geo data, but whenever it has a missing value it breaks the operations. Is there a... more

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Sas

03/14/19

concat two numbers in sas proc sql?

I have a table that has two numeric values called `year` and `month`. I would like to create a new table that has one value called `ym` which is just the concatenation of `year` and `month`. Here... more

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Sas Sas Macro

03/14/19

Why won't my macro variable resolve?

I have a macro variable, `&myvar`, but it won't resolve when I try to put it in a data step variable. Why won't it, and what can I do to fix this? %let myvar=Hello, world; data _null_; ... more

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Sas Triangles

02/13/18

suppose you have triangle ABC with sides a, b, c with the given measurements. Draw and solve the triangle. determine the area

A= 75º, a=51.2, b=33.7

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Sas

03/17/17

If one 2 side and include angle of two triangle are congruent how to prove that the both he triangle are congruent

By Sas congruence

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Sas Geometry Triangle Trigonometric Functions

05/08/16

Mary plans to have a fence built around the triangular garden shown to the right. To the nearest foot, what length of fence will she need to buy?

SAS Side c= 37ft Angle A= 62(degrees) Side b= 30ft

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Sas Math Geometry Triangles

07/21/15

Geometry Question on Triangles

Based on the given information, can you conclude that ?QRS≅?TUV ? Explain.Given: (QR) ≅(TU) ,(QS) ≅(TV) and <R = <U, prove ?QRS≅?TUV Please show me how I should go about doing this!... more

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Sas Geometry Sss

01/22/14

How can we use AA, SSS, and SAS to prove that triangles are similar?

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