Chapter 10: Data-driven Programming

Introduction. 343

Programming Paradigms. 343

SAS Metadata Sources. 344

DICTIONARY Tables. 350

Accessing and Displaying the Number of Rows in Tables. 351

Accessing and Displaying a Cross-reference List of a Variable Defined in All Tables. 352

Capturing a List of Variables from the COLUMNS Dictionary Table. 352

CALL EXECUTE Routine. 354

Custom-defined Formats. 357

Macro Language. 360

Producing Multiple Excel Files. 361

Summary. 364

 

Introduction

Data-driven programming, or data-oriented programming (DOP), is a specific programming paradigm where the data or data structures, and not the program logic, control the flow of a program. Often, data-driven programming approaches are applied in organizations with ...

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