Hot Topics
- Tip Sheets (.pdf)
ODS New!
ODS DOCUMENT New!
ODS PDF New!
PROC TEMPLATE tables New!
PROC TEMPLATE styles New!
Reporting PROCs styles New!
Hash object
Perl regular expressions
- Updated Tagsets
On the ODS Markup page, several tagsets are updated and available for download.
- ODS for SAS 9.1
The paper A Soft Landing to ODS 9.1 (.pdf) explains differences in ODS between SAS 8.2 and SAS 9.1.
Related Links
- Formal Documentation
- Discussion Forums
- Training & Certification
- Recommended Reading
See recommended books from SAS Press.
Base SAS
DATA Step
- Perl Regular Expressions
- Find out how to use Perl Regular Expressions, or regexp, to quickly
and concisely search through text, extract data from text, and search
and replace within text. This is production in SAS 9.
- Components Objects and Dot Notation Updated for SAS 9.2 (March 2008)
- Learn about the new DECLARE statement to create objects within the DATA step.
Hash table and Java object classes are the first two classes provided.
Hash object and iterator are production in SAS 9.1 and preproduction in SAS 9.0.
Java object is preproduction in 9.0 and 9.1.
- Methods for the ODS DATA Step Object
- This object-oriented feature for DATA _NULL_ report writing is preproduction
in SAS 9.1.3 and later. You can
build tables cell-by-cell with all your favorite ODS features,
such as proportional fonts, traffic lighting in cells, and embedded images, and you can also
create non-rectangular output, insert sub-totals, and manage your layout.
- SAS Notes for ODS and the DATA step
- These SAS Notes, FAQs, and samples are compiled by SAS R&D and Technical Support.
Tip sheets for quick reference
Papers
- Better Hashing in SAS 9.2 New! (March 2008)
- Getting Started with the DATA Step Hash Iterator (April 2007)
- Getting Started with the DATA Step Hash Object (updated April 2007)
- User Written DATA Step Functions (updated April 2007)
- DATA Step in Version 9: What's New? (updated for SUGI 29)
Archive: Versions 7 and 8
- DATA Step in Version 7: What's New? (SUGI 23)
- ODS: The DATA Step Knows (SUGI 23)
Your Turn
The developers, testers and documentation folk that bring you Base SAS Software are very excited about the potential of these new capabilities of the SAS System. You can send electronic mail to Base.Research@sas.com with your comments.