Fundamentals of Programming in SAS

Chapter 4: Combining Data Vertically in the DATA Step

4.1 Learning Objectives

4.2 Case Study Activity

4.3 Vertically Combining SAS Data Sets in the DATA Step

4.3.1 Concatenation

4.3.2 Interleaving

4.4 Managing Data Sets During Combination

4.4.1 Selecting Variables with KEEP and DROP

4.4.2 Changing Variable names with RENAME

4.4.3 Selecting Records with WHERE and Subsetting IF

4.4.4 Identifying Record Sources with IN=

4.4.5 Implicit Conversion

4.5 Creating Variables Conditionally

4.5.1 IF-THEN Statements

4.5.2 IF-THEN/ELSE Statements

4.5.3 SELECT Groups

4.6 Working with Dates and Times

4.7 Data Exploration with the UNIVARIATE Procedure

4.7.1 Summary Statistics in PROC UNIVARIATE

4.7.2 Graphing Statements in PROC UNIVARIATE

4.8 Data Distribution ...