Learning SAS by Example

Chapter 13: Working with Arrays

13.1  Introduction

13.2  Setting Values of 999 to a SAS Missing Value for Several Numeric Variables

13.3  Setting Values of NA and ? to a Missing Character Value

13.4  Converting All Character Values to Propercase

13.5  Using an Array to Create New Variables

13.6  Changing the Array Bounds

13.7  Temporary Arrays

13.8  Loading the Initial Values of a Temporary Array from a Raw Data File

13.9  Using a Multidimensional Array for Table Lookup

13.10  Problems

 

13.1  Introduction

Cody’s rule of SAS programming goes something like this: if you are writing a SAS program, and it is becoming very tedious, stop. There is a good chance that there is a SAS tool, perhaps arrays, functions, or macros, that will make your ...