DATA dataset-name; INPUT variable1 variable2 ...; LABEL variable1 = 'label1' variable2 = 'label2' ...; FORMAT variable1 format1 variable2 format2 ...; INFILE 'file-name'; /* data manipulation statements */ RUN;
DATA sales_array; ARRAY sales-array 4 sales1 sales2 sales3 sales4; DO i = 1 to 4; sales-array(i) = sales * i; END; RUN; The DO LOOP statement is used to execute a block of statements repeatedly.
PROC UPDATE DATA=dataset1; UPDATE dataset2; BY variable; RUN;
Here are some common SAS data manipulation techniques:
PROC TRANSPOSE DATA=sales OUT=sales_transposed; BY region; ID salesrep; VAR sales; RUN; The MERGE statement is used to combine two or more SAS datasets based on a common variable.
DATA sales; INPUT region $ salesrep $ sales amount; LABEL region = 'Region' salesrep = 'Sales Representative' sales = 'Sales Amount'; FORMAT sales dollar10.2; INFILE 'sales_data.txt'; /* data manipulation statements */ RUN; The PROC SORT procedure is used to sort a SAS dataset in ascending or descending order.
