An Introduction to SAS University Edition

Chapter 17: Describing Arrays

Introduction

What Is an Array?

Describing a Character Array

Performing an Operation on Every Numeric Variable in a Data Set

Performing an Operation on Every Character Variable in a Data Set

Converting a Data Set with One Observation per Subject into a Data Set with Multiple Observations per Subject

Converting a Data Set with Multiple Observations per Subject into a Data Set with One Observation per Subject

Conclusion

Problems

Introduction

Cody's law of SAS programming states that if you are writing a program and it is becoming very tedious, you should stop what you are doing and ask yourself, "Is there a non-tedious way to write this program?"  The answer is often "yes." Perhaps there is a function that will save ...