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Date:         Mon, 16 Jun 1997 07:09:35 -0400
Reply-To:     Mike Murphy <mmurphy@WORLD.STD.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         Mike Murphy <mmurphy@WORLD.STD.COM>
Subject:      Boston Area News
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 The Boston Area SAS Users Group - Message List - June 16, 1997
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 Contents:
     - BASUG Web Site
     - Next BASUG Meeting
     - Calling All Consultants
     - BASUG contacts
     - How to subscribe/unsubscribe from the BASUG Message List

 

 
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 BASUG Web Site
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 Our site on the Web carries not only the latest available information
 on upcoming meetings, but local job openings for SAS programmers that
 are added every week by New England businesses.  Check out:

 
      http://world.std.com/~mmurphy/basug.html

 

 
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 Quarterly BASUG Meeting
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 WHAT:    Quarterly BASUG Meeting

 
 WHEN:    Wednesday, July 23, 1997

 
 WHERE:   Private HealthCare Systems Inc.
          1100 Winter Street
          Waltham MA 02154

 
 CONTACT: Paul Grant
             Phone:  (617) 895-7614
             E-mail: 0005733569@mcimail.com

 
 AGENDA:
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 8:30 AM:  continental breakfast

 
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 9:00 AM:  PROC SUMMARY and PROC FORMAT: A Winning Combination
           Alan Dickson, Independent Consultant

 
 Many people overlook PROC SUMMARY, possibly because their data does not seem
 to conform well to the procedure's CLASS statement.  However, a simple
 pre-processing DATA step can be use to classify observations based on ranges
 or values specified in  a user-written format.  This not only allows the user to
 group observations, but can give more control over the subsequent reporting
 structure.  This paper demonstrates this technique, outlining what the user
 needs to do, what to expect as a result, and some situations to watch out for.
 It is suitable for anyone with a general familiarity with the DATA step who
 has at least tried out these procedures, since the syntax will be assumed.

 
 Alan has been programming in SAS and other languages for over 15 years.
 He has been an invited speaker at many SUGI and NESUG conferences.
 Alan was chairman of the NorthEast SAS Users Group Conference in Boston in 1990.

 
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 10:00 AM:  So You're Still Not Using PROC REPORT.  Why Not?
            Ray Pass, ASG, Inc.
            Daphne Ewing, IBAH, Inc.

 
 Everyone who can spell SAS knows how to use PROC PRINT.  It's primary use
 may be as a development tool to help in debugging a long multi-step program,
 or as a simple report generator when all that is really needed is a quick look at
 the data, or even a basic low-level finished report.  However, if a report
 generation/information delivery tool with powerful formatting, summarizing
 and analysis features is called for, then PROC REPORT is the solution.
 PROC REPORT can provide the standard PROC PRINT functionality,
 but in addition, can easily perform many of the tasks that you would
 otherwise have to use the SORT, MEANS, FREQ and TABULATE
 procedures to accomplish.  PROC REPORT is part of the Base SAS
 product, can run in both an interactive screen-painting mode or a batch
 mode, and should be the basic tool of choice when there is a need to
 produce powerful and productive reports from SAS data sets.  This
 paper will present the basics of PROC REPORT (non-interactive mode)
 through a series of progressively more sophisticated examples of code and output.

 
 Ray Pass is a SAS consultant with ASG, Inc. and has been using the SAS
 System for too many years.  He is the co-author, with Ron Cody,
 of Programming SAS by Example (1995) and has delivered many
 invited papers at national, regional and local SAS user groups.
 Ray's primary areas of expertise in the SAS System are report
 generation and data manipulation. In addition to teaching SAS
 courses, Ray has also been quite active in
 organizing and participating in SAS user group activities
 on various levels.  Ray was one of the founders of both the New York
 Area SAS Users Group (NYASUG) and the NorthEast SAS Users
 Group (NESUG.)  Ray co-chaired the first two NESUG annual
 conventions ('88, '89) and has been a Section Chair at many SAS
 User Group International (SUGI) annual conventions.

 
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 11:00 AM:  Generating a Table of Contents for a Format Library
            Craig Dickstein, ASG Inc.

 
 A feature lacking in PROC FORMAT is the ability to produce a listing of
 just the members available and some metadata about them.  The FMTLIB
 option will generate reams of output when all you may be after is a listing
 of the available formats to remind you of their presence, type, or spelling.
 A simple but elegant routine is presented to produce just this kind of listing.
 By extension, the technique presented here can be used in a variety of
 similar situations.

 
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 11:15 AM:  Iterative Code Development: Two Testing Techniques
            Craig Dickstein, ASG Inc.

 
 In the iterative development method there needs to be frequent testing and
 data visualization.  Once the routine is ready, the code should run without
 the laborious step of stripping out all the testing and data visualization
 modules.  This paper addresses these issues via two independent techniques.
 First, a simple macro will be shown that aids in the quick visualization of data.
 Second, a simple but elegant use of macro variables is shown to increase
 programmer productivity when developing and executing code.
 These techniques are sure to help the reader conceptualize additional
 testing techniques.

 
 Craig has been using the SAS System for 18 years in a variety of environments.
 Most recently he has plied his trade in a large national consultancy specializing
 in SAS solutions.  His primary expertise is in data mining and information reporting.

 

 
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 Calling All Consultants:
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 If you are self-employed as a full or part-time SAS consultant in
 the New England area, drop us a line.  BASUG is gathering a
 consultants registry for publication on our Web site and for
 distribution at our meetings.

 
 Send a one-page file (ASCII, MS Word, or WordPerfect) with the following:
    - name, address, telephone, fax, e-mail, Web addresses
    - a paragraph summarizing the services provided
    - list SAS product experience
    - list applications/specialty experience
    - list operating platforms experience

 
 and e-mail it to our list:  basug@world.std.com

 
 We will update this registry annually.  You may request to be removed
 from it at any time.

 

 
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 BASUG Contacts:
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 The Boston Area SAS Users Group (BASUG)
   //  e-mail:  basug@world.std.com
   //  WWW:     http://world.std.com/~mmurphy/basug.html
   //  US Mail: PO Box 253,  Boston 02117

 

 
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