SAS Language Reference: Concepts

P A R T 1    SAS System Concepts

Essential Concepts

SAS Processing

Rules for Words and Names

Data Set Options

Formats

Functions and CALL Routines

Informats

Statements

SAS System Options

SAS Variables

Missing Values

Expressions

Dates, Times, and Intervals

Considerations for Y2K and Beyond

Error Processing and Debugging

SAS Output

BY-Group Processing in SAS Programs

WHERE-Expression Processing

Optimizing System Performance

Double Byte Character Sets

P A R T 2   DATA Step Concepts

DATA Step Processing

Reading Raw Data

BY-Group Processing in the DATA Step

Reading, Combining, and Modifying SAS Data Sets

Array Processing

P A R T 3   SAS Files Concepts

SAS Data Libraries

SAS Data Sets

SAS Data Files

SAS Data Views

Creating and Executing Stored Compiled DATA Step Programs

DICTIONARY Tables

SAS Catalogs

Accessing Data in a DBMS

Compatibility of Version 8 with Earlier Releases

File Protection

SAS I/O Engines

SAS File Management

External Files

Index