Running Programs in the SAS Windowing Environment

You can run most programs in this documentation by using any of the methods that are described in the previous sections. This documentation uses the SAS windowing environment (as it appears on Windows and UNIX operating environments) when it is necessary to show programming within a SAS session. The SAS windowing environment appears differently depending on the operating environment that you use. For more information about the SAS windowing environment, see Using the SAS Windowing Environment.
The following example gives a brief overview of a SAS session that uses the SAS windowing environment. When you invoke SAS, the following windows appear.
Display 1.3 SAS Windowing Environment
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