Date:         Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:08:34 -0500
Reply-To:     bruce johnson <chimanbj@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         bruce johnson <chimanbj@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: SAS Language Wiki Update
Comments: To: Data Gandhi <ohri2007@gmail.com>
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A procedure manipulates output?  That doesn't ring true...

On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 9:10 AM, Data Gandhi <ohri2007@gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear List,
>
> I have created the SAS Language Wiki on
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAS_language
> .
>
> You can also watch the page, for email notifications if someone
> changes the page,or create a wikipedia account to edit it.
>
> The technology is exactly the same , and cost is free to all, thus
> sparing anyone any shame or embarassment in disclosing financial
> details. Thus costs are not duplicated ,in fact costs are saved and
> all parties have little liabilty.
>
> I will be adding code from SAS Language soon.
>
> Wikipedia is a non -profit.
>
> The article is also posted below for your perusal , or editing by the
> community
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> SAS language
> From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
>
> The SAS language is a data processing and statistical analysis
> language created originally by the SAS Institute www.SAS.com<http://www.sas.com/>.
>
> The SAS language basically divides data processing and analysis into
> two kinds of steps.
>
> 1) Data Steps - Which manipulate input.
>
> 2) Procedure Steps - Which manipulate output.The short form for each
> procedure step is Proc
>
> It has seperate sub components called the SAS Macro Language , and SAS
> SQL steps.
>
> The SAS Macro language is used for repeatable steps, and substitutes a
> repeated word or variable with a suffix of "%".
>
> The SAS SQL steps are simple combinations of Structured Query
> Language ,SQL with suffix of PROC SQL.
> SAS User Groups are User Groups of SAS Language ,some of them with and
> some of them without active financial support of SAS Institute.
>
> This includes the http://www.sascommunity.org ,http://
> www.basas.com,http://www.labsug.org,http://www.views-uk.demon.co.uk
> and http://www.philasug.org .
>
> The SAS -L user group list is the biggest e-group for SAS Language
> Users for technical help and guidance. It's archives are public and
> hosted at http://www.listserv.uga.edu/archives/sas-l.html.
>
> In addition The SAS -L is also hosted on Google groups at
> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.soft-sys.sas .
>
> Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAS_language"
>