Glossary
- aggregate storage location
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a location in an operating system that can contain a group of distinct files. The exact name for this location varies by operating system; for example, directory, folder, or partitioned data set.
- analysis variable
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a numeric variable that is used to calculate statistics or to display values. Usually an analysis variable contains quantitative or continuous values, but this is not required.
- arithmetic expression
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See SAS expression
- arithmetic operator
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in SAS, any of the symbols (+, -, /, *, and **) that are used to perform addition, subtraction, division, multiplication, or exponentiation in arithmetic expressions. In SYSTEM 2000 software only, ** is not supported.
- array
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in the SAS programming ...
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