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

Chapter 7. Creating and Applying User-Defined Formats

• Overview 217

  • Introduction 217

  • Objectives 218

• Introduction to PROC FORMAT 218

  • Invoking PROC FORMAT 219

  • Permanently Storing Your Formats 219

• Defining a Unique Format 220

  • Specifying Value Ranges 222

• Associating User-Defined Formats with Variables 224

  • Referencing Your Formats 224

  • Assigning Your Formats to Variables 224

• Chapter Summary 227

  • Text Summary 227

    • Invoking PROC FORMAT 227

    • Defining a Unique Format 227

    • Associating User-Defined Formats with Variables 227

  • Syntax 227

  • Sample Programs 227

  • Points to Remember 228

• Chapter Quiz 228

Overview

Introduction

If you completed Chapter 4, "Creating List Reports," on page 99, you learned to associate formats with variables either temporarily or permanently.

But sometimes you might ...