SAS® Certification Prep Guide: Advanced Programming for SAS®9 Second Edition

Chapter 14. Combining Data Vertically

• Overview 480

  • Introduction 480

  • Objectives 480

• Using a FILENAME Statement 481

  • Example 481

• Using an INFILE Statement 484

  • Example 484

  • Assigning the Names of the Files to Be Read 485

  • Example 486

  • Using the COMPRESS Function 486

  • Example 487

  • Using the END= Option 488

  • Example 489

  • Using Date Functions 489

  • Example 489

  • Using the INTNX Function 491

  • Example 492

• Appending SAS Data Sets 492

  • Example 493

  • Using the FORCE Option 494

  • Example 495

  • Appending Variables with Different Lengths 496

  • Example 496

  • Appending Variables with Different Types 498

  • Example 498

• Additional Features 500

  • Storing Raw Data Filenames in a SAS Data Set 500

  • Storing Raw Data Filenames in an External File 500

• Summary 501

  • Text Summary 501

    • Using a FILENAME Statement 501

    • Using an INFILE Statement ...