Getting Started Using SAS Software推荐.pdf

CHAPTER 1 Getting Started Using SAS Software 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 in the Viewtable Window 24 1.13 Viewing the Properties of Data Sets with SAS Explorer 26 1.14 Using SAS System Options 28 2 The Little SAS Book 1.1 The SAS Language Many software applications are either menu driven, or command driven (enter a command⎯see the result). SAS is neither. With SAS, you use statements to write a series of instructions called a SAS program. The program communicates what you want to do and is written using the SAS language. There are some menu-driven front ends to SAS, for example SAS Enterprise Guide software, which make SAS appear like a point-and-click program. However, these front ends still use the SAS language to write programs for you. You will have much more flexibility using SAS if you learn to write your own programs using the SAS language. Maybe learning a new language is the last thing you want to do, but be assured that although there are parallels between SAS and languages you know (be they English or JAVA), SAS is much easier to learn. SAS programs A SAS program is a se