proc character
Linguistic Collation: Everyone Can Get What They Expect - Sensible Sorting for Global Business Success
White Paper In "Creating Order out of Character Chaos: Collation Capabilities of the SAS System" the authors describe the collation capabilities offered by PROC SORT in SAS and explain their respective... [31 May 2008]
Linguistic Collation: Everyone Can Get What They Expect - Sensible Sorting for Global Business Success
In "Creating Order out of Character Chaos: Collation Capabilities of the SAS System" the authors describe the collation capabilities offered by PROC SORT in SAS and explain their respective... [31 May 2008]
Creating a Format From Raw Data or a SAS Dataset
White Paper This paper demonstrates the creation of a format from raw data or a SAS dataset using the CNTLIN= option in PROC FORMAT. This paper will explain how to construct this dataset and how to create character... [02 Jun 2007]
Using Invisible Characters in SAS Programming: Hidden Dragons, Episode II
White Paper Practical applications of Invisible Characters Alt-255, Linefeed and Pagefeed are presented: removing unnecessary column names from Proc Report output, suppressing the name of a Pageby variable in page headers, aligning... [02 Jun 2007]
Creating Order Out of Character Chaos: Collation Capabilities of the SAS System
White Paper The SAS System's primary means of achieving an alternative collating sequence has been to specify a TRANslation TABle (TRANTAB), using the PROC SORT SORTSEQ option, with which PROC SORT can reorder... [02 Jun 2007]
Some Added Value: Using SAS for Table Look-Ups, Merges, and Data Selection
White Paper This paper covers how to create temporary or permanent formats using DATA step programming and PROC steps. This paper will use only character formats coded using the VALUE statement. The paper presents... [15 Dec 2006]
PROC FORMAT - Not Just Another Pretty Face
White Paper This paper will present a few applications of PROC FORMAT that go beyond the basic display of data and show that PROC FORMAT has real character that goes deeper than just its pretty... [13 Sep 2006]