文件名称：SAS Certification Prep Guide-Base Programming for SAS 3rd edition
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Audience The SAS Certification Prep Guide: Base Programming for SAS®9 is for new or experienced SAS programmers who want to prepare for the SAS Base Programming for SAS®9 exam. Requirements and Details Purpose The SAS Certification Prep Guide: Base Programming for SAS®9 helps prepare you to take the SAS Base Programming for SAS®9 exam. The book covers the objectives tested on the exam, including basic concepts, producing reports, creating and modifying SAS data sets, and reading various types of raw data. Before attempting the exam you should also have experience programming in the SAS®9 environment. The book includes quizzes that enable you to test your understanding of material in each chapter. Additionally, solutions to all quizzes are included at the back of the book. About This Book.....................................................................................................................................................................2 Chapter 1 Base Programming .................................................................................................................................................4 Chapter 2 Referencing Files and Setting Options .................................................................................................................43 Chapter 3 Editing and Debugging SAS Programs ................................................................................................................79 Chapter 4 Creating List Reports..........................................................................................................................................115 Chapter 5 Creating SAS Data Sets from External Files......................................................................................................159 Chapter 6 Understanding DATA Step Processing ...............................................................................................................215 Chapter 7 Creating and Applying User-Defined Formats ...................................................................................................254 Chapter 8 Producing Descriptive Statistics.........................................................................................................................268 Chapter 9 Producing HTML Output ...................................................................................................................................304 Chapter 10 Creating and Managing Variables.....................................................................................................................331 Chapter 11 Reading SAS Data Sets ....................................................................................................................................364 Chapter 12 Combining SAS Data Sets ...............................................................................................................................391 Chapter 13 Transforming Data with SAS Functions...........................................................................................................437 Chapter 14 Generating Data with DO Loops......................................................................................................................506 Chapter 15 Processing Variables with Arrays .....................................................................................................................527 Chapter 16 Reading Raw Data in Fixed Fields...................................................................................................................563 Chapter 17 Reading Free-Format Data ...............................................................................................................................586 Chapter 18 Reading Date and Time Values.........................................................................................................................626 Chapter 19 Creating a Single Observation from Multiple Records ....................................................................................648 Chapter 20 Creating Multiple Observations from a Single Record ....................................................................................671 Chapter 21 Reading Hierarchical Files ...............................................................................................................................706 Appendix 1 Quiz Answer Keys...........................................................................................................................................733