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data access statements

data errors

data processing, SAS system options for

data relationships, SAS data sets

data set options

COMPRESS=

FIRSTOBS=

GENMAX=

GENNUM=

IDXNAME=

IDXWHERE=

IN=

interaction with system options

OBS=

summary table of

syntax

versus SAS system options

WHERE=

with SAS data sets

data set size, calculating

DATA step

assigning passwords

compilation phase

creating variables

descriptor information

execution phase

flow of action

input buffer

input data

output

output structure with ODS

program data vector (PDV)

DATA step debugger

DATA step functions, within macro functions

DATA step statements, summary table

DATA step views

creating

examples "DATA Step Views"

examples "DATA Step Views"

passwords

performance

restrictions and requirements

uses for

versus PROC SQL views

versus stored and compiled DATA step programs "DATA Step Views"

versus stored and compiled DATA step programs "Differences between Stored Compiled DATA Step Programs and DATA Step Views"

DATA step, execution sequence

default

default, changing for a given observation

default, changing with functions

default, changing with statements

language elements affecting

step boundaries

stopping

DATA step, report writing

customized reports

without creating a data set

DATA step, walkthrough

execution phase, ending

input buffer, creating

program data vector (PDV), creating

reading a record "Processing a DATA Step: A Walkthrough"

reading a record "Processing a DATA Step: A Walkthrough"

sample DATA step

writing an observation

database management system files

DATASETS procedure

date and time intervals

boundaries

by category

multi-unit

multi-week

shifted

single-unit

syntax

DATE system option

dates and times

calculating date values

character dates, converting

date constants in expressions

displaying

duration "Date and Time Intervals"

duration "Date and Time Intervals"

expanding in external files

external dates, converting to internal

formats "Formats by Category"

formats "SAS Date, Time, and Datetime Values"

functions for

informats "Informats by Category"

informats "SAS Date, Time, and Datetime Values"

international formats

numeric dates, converting

on output listings

packed Julian formats

packed Julian informats

reading

SAS date value

storing date values

time constants in expressions

time values

tools, summary table of

writing

Y2K problem

Y2K problem, and data integrity

Y2K problem, corrective strategies

Y2K problem, example

Y2K problem, potential problem areas

Y2K problem, tools for

year 2000

YEARCUTOFF= system option, century cutoff

YEARCUTOFF= system option, example

YEARCUTOFF= system option, reading two-digit years

years (two-digit and four-digit), example

years (two-digit and four-digit), reading

years (two-digit), reading

datetime constants in expressions

datetime values

DBCS (double-byte character set)

converting between encoding schemes

DATA step functions for

encoding

formats

functions for

informats

limitations

on a mainframe

requirements for SAS System

shift out/shift in (SO/SI) codes

split DBCS character strings

uses for

when to use

debugger

debugging

data errors

DATA step debugger "Debugging with the DATA Step Debugger"

DATA step debugger "Overview of Base SAS Software"

error checking options

execution-time errors

format modifiers for

log control options for error checking

macro-related errors

multiple errors

out-of-resources condition

return codes

semantic errors

syntax check mode

syntax errors

system options for

declarative statements

default data sets

DELETE statement

descriptive statistics, functions for

descriptor information

DETAILS system option

DICTIONARY tables

viewing, entire table

viewing, table subsets

viewing, table summaries

direct access method, combining SAS data sets

display, SAS system options for

DKRICOND= system option

DKROCOND= system option

DO loops

DO UNTIL expressions

DO WHILE expressions

dollar sign, reading raw data

double-precision versus single precision

driver settings, SAS system options for

DROP statement

DSNFERR system option