Professional SAS Programming Shortcuts: Over 1,000 ways to improve your SAS programs - Softcover

Rick Aster

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1891957198 ISBN 13: 9781891957192

Publisher: Breakfast, 2012

Synopsis

The most useful SAS programming techniques, organized by subject and illustrated with more than 1,000 short examples. Covers data handling, options, procedures, sorting, Internet and desktop file formats, table lookup, and much more. This edition is updated with new features of SAS 9.3.

About this title

About the Author

In Rick Aster's prolific SAS programming career, he has applied his skills to problems in business, research, and government, delving into subjects from economic forecasting to drug safety. Always an advocate of professional computer programming practices in SAS work, Rick has carried this approach over into his many successful books on SAS programming, including the popular Professional SAS Programmer's Pocket Reference.

From the Inside Flap

This way to expert SAS knowledge! Why spend hours or days figuring out how to approach a SAS programming problem . . . when it's all been done before? The answers you need are here: simple explanations of the essential building blocks of SAS code, illustrated with more than 1,000 examples.Get there faster! The book's 88 chapters are organized by subject to make it easy to find programming techniques for the everyday tasks of working with business and scientific data. With the carefully engineered and tested solutions you'll find throughout the book, you'll avoid mistakes and write better SAS programs faster.

Edition details

• Publisher: Breakfast
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1891957198
• ISBN 13: 9781891957192
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 400