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The Best of VanSUG Tips and Tricks

Nate Derby

Stakana AnalyticsSeattle, WA

Vancouver SAS Users Group 5/11/16

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The IN Operator with Integer Ranges

Colleen McGahan, 10/8/08

DATA sample;SET cohort;IF age in (10, 15:20, 25:30);

RUN;


Automatically Clearing the Log/Output Window

Nate Derby, 10/8/08

DM 'log' clear;DM 'odsresults' clear;


Changing . to Blank for Missing Numeric Variables

Cathy Rupp, 5/6/09

OPTIONS MISSING = '';


Dealing with Overlapping Ranges

Mei Chong, 10/7/09

PROC FORMAT;VALUE player (MULTILABEL)1 - 4 = "Class A"5 - 9 = "Class B"1 - 9 = "All Classes";

RUN;

PROC SUMMARY DATA=blah;FORMAT player player.;CLASS player / MLF;VAR score;

RUN;


The PVALUEX. Format

Ryan Woods, 5/5/10:

variable group_a group_b p_value

x 15.7 16.4 0.0000y 9.2 9.6 0.2517

⇓

variable group_a group_b p_value

x 15.7 16.4 <.0001y 9.2 9.6 0.2517


Email Report after Creating It in Batch Mode

Nadia Lesnikova, 11/17/10

%SYSEXEC COPY 'C:\MyFolder\MyReport.rtf''C:\Folder2\MyReport.rtf';

FILENAME sendmail EMAIL "[email protected]"SUBJECT="VanSUG 10-Year Progress Report";

DATA _NULL_;FILE sendmail;PUT 'Hi Colleen,';PUT 'Please review the updated progress report.'PUT 'It can be found in : C:\Folder2\MyReport.rtf';PUT 'Thanks!';

RUN;


Shortcuts with Arrays

Scott Albrechtsen, 5/4/11

DATA output;SET input;ARRAY vars a1 b2 c5 d2 g5 f3;DO i=1 to 6;vars(i) = vars(i) * 1.25;END;

DROP i;RUN;

DATA output;SET input;ARRAY vars a1 b2 c5 d2 g5 f3;DO OVER vars;vars = vars * 1.25;END;

RUN;


Quick Syntax Check

Ryan Knowles, 11/2/11

OPTIONS OBS=0 NOREPLACE;


Useful String Functions

Howard Cherniack, 5/30/12

CATX( sep, a, b, c, ... )

COMPL( str )

SCAN( str, n, delims )

SUBSTR( str, pons, len )

STRIP( str )


The WHICHN Function

Fareeza Khurshed, 5/30/12

IF x=a OR x=b OR x=c OR ...

WHICHN( x, a, b, c, ... )


Abbreviations for the Lazy and Forgetful

Núria Chapinal, 11/28/12:

Tools ⇒ Add Abbreviation


Exploring Data with Binary Variables

Dmitry Shopin, 5/28/14

DATA address;SET address;is_postal = NOT MISSING( postal_code );is_city = NOT MISSING( city );

RUN;

PROC FREQ;TABLES is_postal*is_city / LIST;

RUN;


Shortening Your DO Steps by IN: Arrays

Gillian Frosst, 11/26/14

ARRAY serialNum[25] serialNum1-serialNum25;DO a=1 to 25;IF SUBSTR( serialNum[a], 1, 2 ) = '12' THEN flag = 1;IF SUBSTR( serialNum[a], 1, 3 ) = '345' THEN flag=1;IF SUBSTR( serialNum[a], 1, 4 ) = '6789' THEN FLAG = 1;

END;

ARRAY serialNum[25] serialNum1-serialNum25;DO a=1 to 25;IF serialNum[a] IN: ( '12', '345', '6789') THEN FLAG = 1;

END;


Adding Native Excel Graphics to Excel Output

Jing Dong, 5/27/15

ODS EXCEL FILE="C:\temp.xlsx";TITLE "Sales by Region";

PROC MSCHART;DATA=work.summary CATEGORY=region WIDTH=4in POSITION="$D$1";WHERE region in( "Africa", "Asia", "Canada", "Pacific","United States" );

VCOLUMN sales;RUN;

ODS EXCEL close;


Adding Native Excel Graphics to Excel Output


NOUNIQUEKEY Option in PROC SORT

Eric Cai, 5/27/15PROC SORTDATA=sashelp.adomsgOUT=duplicatesUNIQUEOUT=singlesNOUNIQUEKEY;

BY msgid;RUN;


using ODS TRACE to Obtain Output

Jason Chen, 11/4/15

ODS TRACE ON;

PROC LOGISTIC DATA=testData;CLASS ais neuroloicalLevel / PARAM=ref;MODEL surgery=ais neurologicalLevel /LACKFIT RSQUARE;

RUN;

ODS TRACE OFF;


Three Useful SYSTEM Options

Guillaume Colley, 11/4/15

MERGENOBY=ERROR

COMPRESS=YES

NOREPLACE


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