SAS Hash Objects: A Programmer's Guide
Anticipated publication date: Second quarter 2012
Hash objects, the newest look-up tool in SAS, are object-oriented programming structures that function differently from traditional DATA step programming. Michele Burlew's SAS Hash Objects: A Programmer's Guide
shows readers how to use these powerful features, which they can program to quickly and efficiently look up and manage data. SAS provides various look-up techniques, and hash objects are among the newest,
so therefore many users may not have yet used them. Because the examples presented vary in complexity, SAS Hash Objects is useful to SAS users of all experience levels, from novice programmer to
advanced programmer. Novice programmers can adapt some of the simpler hash programming techniques as they develop their SAS programming skills. This book helps more experienced programmers learn how to take
advantage of hash object programming by comparing traditional processing techniques to those that use hash objects. Additionally, users from diverse fields with different requirements can adapt the examples
in SAS Hash Objects to fit their unique situations.