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Testing Your SAS Code Against Known Data

Category: Data Management, Software and Web Development

Overview As SAS code becomes more complex and is run on large databases, how does one know if the results are correct? It is easy to assume that, if the code runs, it must be perfect. However, it is important to test SAS code against known data to ensure that one is getting the results one expects. This paper will describe a simple mechanism for testing SAS code that can be expanded easily. Methods for generating the test database can cover quite a range - from the very simple spreadsheet to more complex random number generation. These data are then imported into SAS, the code to be tested is run against the sample database, and the output is compared to expected results.

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Publisher: SAS Institute
File Format: PDF
Date Published: May 30, 2009
Format: White Papers
Topics: Programming Languages, Database Management

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