Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 16:54:44 -0400
Reply-To: "Malarkey, Pat" <PMALARKEY@ULLICO.COM>
Sender: "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From: "Malarkey, Pat" <PMALARKEY@ULLICO.COM>
Subject: Re: FOCUS to SAS
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=428134520-13052002>Hi,
Nancy!</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=428134520-13052002>No -
my PROC REPORT is rusty! I just pulled out the class notes and you are
right! It is very similar to FOCUS. It's been a while since I've
used FOCUS, as well (same time frame) - last time I used it, it was to replicate
phone bills, of all things, so users could verify invoices out of the COBOL
programs rather than having to look at raw data.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=428134520-13052002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=428134520-13052002>I
never had to stretch my limits w/ PROC REPORT like that! Thanks for the
reality check.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=428134520-13052002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=428134520-13052002>SAS
Rules! ;-)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=428134520-13052002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=428134520-13052002>-
Pat</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Brucken, Nancy
[mailto:Nancy.Brucken@pfizer.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, May 13, 2002 4:36
PM<BR><B>To:</B> 'Malarkey, Pat'<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: FOCUS to
SAS<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><SPAN class=784043520-13052002><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2>Hi
Pat,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=784043520-13052002><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial
size=2> It has been over 10 years since I last used FOCUS, but
PROC REPORT kind of reminds me of some of the stuff I could do with it-
similar principles, though the syntax is different. Or is my memory just
foggy?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=784043520-13052002><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial
size=2> Just curious,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=784043520-13052002><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial
size=2> Nancy</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=784043520-13052002><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=784043520-13052002>
<P><FONT color=#008080 face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Nancy Brucken</FONT>
<BR><FONT color=#008080 face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Clinical/Regulatory
Informatics</FONT> <BR><FONT color=#008080 face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Pfizer
Global Research & Development, Ann Arbor</FONT> <BR><FONT color=#008080
face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>(734) 622-5767</FONT> <BR><FONT color=#008080
face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>E-mail address:
Nancy.Brucken@pfizer.com</FONT><B></B> </P></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Malarkey, Pat
[mailto:PMALARKEY@ULLICO.COM]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, May 13, 2002 4:32
PM<BR><B>To:</B> SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: FOCUS to
SAS<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<P><FONT size=2>Hi, Andre!</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>OK, here's my $.02... I've worked with both FOCUS and
SAS at different stages in my career. I learned FOCUS first (1988 or
so) and, I remember when I first started learning SAS, I kept trying to use
FOCUS syntax - in some cases, they're *almost* interchangeable!</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>If you want a tool to do reporting - straightforward, no
statistical functions - I think FOCUS is a better fit. One table file
fits all kinds of reports you might want to do - including subsetting,
totalling, page breaks, headers, footers, etc. - and you can get alot
fancier with your output with alot less training than with SAS.
</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>If you want a tool to do data cleansing, updating,
processing, and statistical reporting, SAS wins hands down.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>If you have a group of users who are accustomed to FOCUS,
they'll learn SAS pretty quickly; but you will hear more than a few gripes
when they learn that they need to write a couple of data steps and a proc
print or two to get a report they used to get with one table
file...</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>- Pat</FONT> </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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