SAS® Certification Prep Guide: Base Programming for SAS®9

Chapter 16. Processing Variables with Arrays

Overview	470
Introduction	470
Objectives	470
Creating One-Dimensional Arrays	471
Understanding SAS Arrays	471
General Form of an Array	472
Variable Lists as Array Elements	473
Referencing Elements of an Array	475
Compilation and Execution	477
Using the DIM Function on an Iterative DO Statement	479
Expanding Your Use of Arrays	480
Creating Variables in an ARRAY Statement	480
Assigning Initial Values to Arrays	483
Creating Temporary Array Elements	485
Understanding Multidimensional Arrays	486
Defining a Multidimensional Array	487
Example: Referencing Elements of a Two-Dimensional Array	488
Additional Features	493
Summary	495
Text Summary	495
Points to Remember	497
Practice	497
Quiz	498

Overview

Introduction

In DATA step programming, you often need ...