Introduction to PROC FORMAT

Overview

Sometimes variable values are stored according to a code. For example, when the PRINT procedure displays the data set Perm.Employee, notice that the values for JobTitle are coded, and they are not easily interpreted.
Perm.Employee Data Set
Perm.Employee Data Set
You can display more descriptive values for these variables. Here is how a report that contains formatted values for the variable JobTitle might look. The predefined SAS formats cannot help here.
Perm.Employee Data Set with Formatted Values for JobTitle
Perm.Employee Data Set with Formatted Values for JobTitle
However, ...

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