The Little SAS® Book: A Primer, Third Edition

Chapter 1. Getting Started Using SAS^® Software

	“An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.”
	--WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, KING RICHARD III

From King Richard III by William Shakespeare. Public domain.

1.1	The SAS Language	2
1.2	SAS Data Sets	4
1.3	The Two Parts of a SAS Program	6
1.4	The DATA Step’s Built-in Loop	8
1.5	Choosing a Mode for Submitting SAS Programs	10
1.6	Windows and Commands in the SAS Windowing Environment	12
1.7	Submitting a Program in the SAS Windowing Environment	14
1.8	Reading the SAS Log	16
1.9	Viewing Your Results in the Output Window	18
1.10	Creating HTML Output	20
1.11	SAS Data Libraries	22
1.12	Viewing Data Sets with SAS Explorer	24
1.13	Using SAS System Options	26

The SAS Language

Many software applications are either menu driven, or command driven (enter a command—see ...