Chapter 12: Abracadabra: Turn Your Data into a SAS Program

About This Example

Example Source Files and Information

Dissecting a SAS Data Set

Using .NET to Read Data from SAS Data Sets

Creating an Elegant Task Flow

Adding the SAS Enhanced Editor to a Windows Form

Using ISASTaskExecution to Take Matters into Your Own Hands

Cancel: Support Is Optional

ResultCount: How Many Results?

Run, Task, Run!

Chapter Summary

The DATA step is at the heart of the SAS programming language. The statements in a DATA step are the ingredients that, when combined and cooked by a RUN statement, create a data set that you can serve now and use for further analysis.

Have you ever wanted to take a fully cooked data set and reverse-engineer it back into its basic recipe? ...

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