unique values 653
updating data sets 510, 518
usage information in log 664
use considerations 656
WHERE and BY processing with 666
WHERE processing with 659
WHERE-processing performance and
190
with MODIFY statement 510
with views 665
INFILE statement
data-reading features 449
infix operators 100
INFORMAT statement
creating variables 43
Information Maps LIBNAME Engine
753
informats
as variable attribute 40
binary 453
column-binary 455
date values and 115
datetime values and 115
native or IBM 370 mode 454
time values and 115
initializing hash objects
with constructore 529
input buffers 414
creating 415
input data
preprocessing for BY-group processing
465
representing missing values in 451
input data sets
dropping, keeping, or renaming
variables 53
input data sources 14, 425
input pointer 416
INPUT statement
creating variables when reading data 42
data-reading features 449
input styles 445
reading raw data 445
input styles 445
column input 447
formatted input 448
list input 445
modified list input 446
named input 448
instantiating
hash iterator object 541
hash objects 529
Java objects 546
instream data 444
as raw data source 14
multiple input files in 427
reading raw data from 426
reading, with leading blanks and
semicolons 443
reading, with missing values 426
semicolons in 444
INTCK function
interval boundaries and 127
integrity constraints 637
CEDA processing and 643
creating with DATASETS procedure
643
creating with SCL 644
creating with SQL procedure 644
definition 637
examples 643
foreign key constraints 638
general constraints 637
indexes and 640, 670
inter-libref referential 642
listing 642
locking 641
overlapping primary and foreign key
constraints 638, 648
preservation of 639
reactivating 648
recovering when disabled 759
referential constraints 638
rejected observations 642
removing 647
specifying 641
inter-libref referential integrity constraints
642
interactive line mode 8
interactive mode
SAS log in 166
interface data files 616
interface DATA step engine 714
interface library engines 752
BMDP 752
OSIRIS 752
SPSS 752
view engines 752
interface view engine 712
interface views 675
interleaving data sets 482, 491
comments and comparisons 496
DATA step processing during 492
different BY values in each data set 495
duplicate values of BY variable 494
simple interleaving 493
sort requirements 492
syntax 492
international characters 286, 299
Internet Protocol Version 6
See IPv6
intervals 123
Index 829

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