Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 11:07:40 -0400
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From: "Sinclair-James, Brian (HHS/OS)" <Brian.Sinclair-James@HHS.GOV>
Subject: Re: book review: Carpenter's Complete Guide, 2e
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I bought Carpenter's 1998 version about 6 months ago, and have found it
extremely helpful (though I should really work through it more
consistently). After reading Ron's review of the new edition I feel cheated,
however. I've found Carpenter's book easier to use as a reference than
Burlew, though I can't say exactly why.
-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis, Helen [mailto:hdennis@DOE.K12.DE.US]
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 10:53 AM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: book review: Carpenter's Complete Guide, 2e
I wish I'd read your review two days ago! I just ordered "SAS Macro
Programming Made Easy" by Michele M. Burlew;Paperback; $35.95
The online reviews were mostly favorable. Any other opinions?
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1580253431/qid=1083163951/sr=1
-2/ref=sr_1_2/002-2296163-9639251?v=glance&s=books
Helen C. Dennis
Education Associate
Assessment and Analysis Group
Delaware Department of Education
P.O. Box 1402
Dover, DE 19903-1402
Tel: (302)739-6700 Fax: (302) 739-3092
email: hdennis@doe.k12.de.us
-----Original Message-----
From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Fehd,
Ronald J. (PHPPO)
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 10:24 AM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: book review: Carpenter's Complete Guide, 2e
page xii:
change "This page intentionally left blank."
to "Errata: inside front cover:
\begin{quote}%*inside front cover right column
To subscribe to SASdoc-L, send e-mail with a blank subject line to
ListServ@vm.SAS.com
The body of the message should be
SUBSCRIBE SASDOC-L <firstname lastname>
To download the file for a book, send this message to
SASdoc-L@vm.SAS.com
get A##### examples SASdoc-L
where ##### is the 5-digit order number
that appears on the front cover of the book.
\end{quote}
\begin{correction}
To download the file for a book, send this message to
ListServ@vm.SAS.com
\end{correction}
not
SASdoc-L@vm.SAS.com
which will get you
A59224Examples.txt 165 KB
which contains over one hundred macros covered in the book
words: 18,700
lines: 5,980
characters (no spaces): 120,588
characters (with spaces): 168,039
one may determine the ##### number
by looking on the lower right corner of the cover
http://support.sas.com/publishing/bbu/companion_site/59224.html
or a close reading of the text file name above
You'll want to buy the book, not just because I like it,
and wrote the glowing recommendation on the back cover
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0402C&L=sas-l&P=R20979
but because it explains all the macros in the examples,
as well as the occasional bugs or gotchas in the code. ;-)
Ron Fehd the macro examples maven CDC Atlanta GA USA RJF2@cdc.gov
Efficiency is intelligent laziness. -David Dunham
or intelligent use of ListServ commands
