Date:         Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:54:21 -0500
Reply-To:     "Swank, Paul R" <Paul.R.Swank@UTH.TMC.EDU>
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From:         "Swank, Paul R" <Paul.R.Swank@UTH.TMC.EDU>
Subject:      Re: how to use results of a proc in rest of program and advice
              for      newbie
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Use the Output delivery system (ODS). Any output can be sent to a SAS
data set which can then be merged with the existing data.

Paul R. Swank, Ph.D.
Professor and Director of Research
Children's Learning Institute
University of Texas Health Science Center - Houston


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dolphinsmile
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 12:25 PM
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Subject: how to use results of a proc in rest of program and advice for
newbie

Hi, I'm a newbie at SAS and have not been able to refer to individual
resutls of a PROC in a later part of the code.
For example, if I use PROC MEANS and one of the outputs is the mean of
a variable called x, how can I assign this result to a variable that I
can refer to after the "run;" ends that PROC MEANS?
And a more general questions: My prior experience programming has been
in VBA and C (college course, not expert). If anyone has any advise
for the transition from a language like VBA to SAS, I'd really
appreciate it!!