The FORMAT Procedure
A Word About PROC FORMAT
The FORMAT procedure stores user-defined informats and
formats as entries in SAS catalogs. Formats determine how variable
values are printed. For example, when the PRINT procedure displays
the data set Work.Carsurvey, notice that the values for Sex, Income,
and Color appear as numbers and letters, and therefore they are not
easy to interpret.
Figure 8.1 Work.Carsurvey Data Set (partial output)
This chapter shows how
to display more descriptive values for these variables.
The PROC FORMAT Statement
To begin a
PROC FORMAT step, you use a PROC FORMAT statement.
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