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Learning SAS by Example: A Programmer's Guide PDF Print E-mail

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Learning SAS by Example: A Programmer's Guide

By: Ron Cody

 
If you like learning by example, then this straightforward book makes it easy to learn SAS programming. In an instructive and conversational tone, author Ron Cody clearly explains each programming technique and then illustrates it with one or more real-life examples, followed by a detailed description of how the program works. The text is divided into four major sections: Getting Started; DATA Step Processing; Presenting and Summarizing Your Data; and Advanced Topics. Subjects addressed include:

  • Reading data from external sources.
  • Learning details of DATA step programming.
  • Subsetting and combining SAS data sets.
  • Understanding SAS functions and working with arrays.
  • Creating reports with PROC REPORT and PROC TABULATE.
  • Learning to use the SAS Output Delivery System.
  • Getting started with the SAS macro language.
  • Introducing PROC SQL.
You can test your knowledge and hone your skills by solving the problems at the end of each chapter. (Solutions to odd-numbered problems are located at the back of this book. Solutions to all problems are available to instructors by visiting the book's companion Web site for details.)

What are the experts saying about this book?

"I wish that Ron Cody's new book, Learning SAS® by Example: A Programmer's Guide, had been around when I was first learning SAS! This impressive book steadily moves the reader from SAS novice to SAS authority in 26 well-written, well-paced chapters. All of the basics are covered in this book; the fundamentals of the DATA step, getting data into and out of SAS, conditional and iterative processing, SAS functions and formats, important SAS procedures, creating frequency and tabular reports, and generating output in publishable formats such as RTF and PDF.

"This book is well suited for people who are just learning SAS, as well as for people who would like a broad-based SAS reference. There are plenty of solid examples that emphasize the material in the chapters. Each chapter ends with exercises that test the reader's understanding of the concepts and the SAS code presented. Because of its pacing, breadth, and scope, I have no doubt that Learning SAS® by Example: A Programmer's Guide will become the preferred book for learning SAS software in business, government, and educational institutions the world over."

Michael A. Raithel
Senior Systems Analyst, Westat

Ordering Information:

Retail Price: $69.95  ISBN:  978-1-59994-165-3.

For more details about this title or to place an order, please visit support.sas.com/publishing or call 1-800-727-3228.

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 02 May 2007 )
 
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