SAS Programming by Example
by Ray Pass, Ronald P. Cody
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Author: Ray Pass, Ronald P. CodyCorporate Author: Sas Institute
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1995-03-08
ISBN: 1555446817
Number of pages: 360
Publisher: SAS Publishing
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Book Review: Perfect for New Users and Reference
Summary: 4 Stars
I have been writing SAS code off and on for quite some time and this is my favorite go-to reference book. If you are new to SAS, I recommend you start with "The Little SAS Book". This book would be my second purchase, and finally, I would also pick up "SAS Functions by Example". Between these three books and learning a strong fundamental knowledge of SQL, you should be able to do about 95% of what you'll ever need to do in SAS (unless you are doing hard-core stats).
Along with these books the most valuable concepts I have learned in SAS are 'by group' processing, and the first. and last. statements.
I also recommend not attempting to memorize programming statements or syntax; keep examples of code that you may find useful in the future and keep good reference books - like this one - don't try to memorize what you can look up.
Finally, my recommendation is to KISS....Keep It Simple Stupid. You can do many things in SAS (actually almost anything), often in many different ways; some are very straightforward, and some are convoluted. I go with straightforward any day as you never know who will inherit your code for review or maintenance (believe me you'll often curse the code you'll soon inherit from someone else!). My experience is that programmers by nature often want to complicate code by using by using obscure techniques(remember, this is their 'art'!), avoid that trap and do everyone a favor.
Good luck and I hope you enjoy using SAS as much as I have!
Summary of SAS Programming by Example
Develop and fine-tune your programming skills the easy way - by example! For beginning and intermediate users, SAS Programming by Example guides you, with a series of annotated examples, through basic tasks to more complex ones. Problems and solutions are provided to make the most of the programming tools available in base SAS software. Conversational in tone, this book is useful both as a tutorial for learning programming and as a convenient quick-reference filled with tips and strategies for solving your programming problems. Among the clearly explained examples are models that show you how to build SAS data sets, use SAS functions for data translation, program more efficiently, relate information from multiple sources, and chart and plot data. You will also learn to work with SAS date values, produce descriptive and summary statistics, and write reports.Supports releases 6.09E and higher of SAS software.
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