Chapter 6. Seeing Data Differently
Introduction 108
Basic Formats: The Create Formats Task 108
Reviewing Existing Formats 112
Creating Picture Formats 113
Formatting Numbers 114
Formatting Dates and Times 116
Multilabel Formats 117
Linking Formats 120
Using Formats as Look-up Tables 120
Creating Informats 122
Summary 123
Where to Look for More Information 123
Exercises 124
Introduction
Formats are one of the most deceptively powerful features of SAS.
The Create Format task in SAS Enterprise Guide focuses on formats that display a character string instead of one or more values in the data to be formatted. Even something that simple enables improved understanding and grouping of data, as well as easy type or value conversion.
There are other types of formats, though. ...
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