Introduction to Programming with SAS/IML Software

Introduction to Programming with SAS/IML Software (Live Web)

Duration: 3 half-day sessions
Please note the System Requirements below.
Course fee: $1,088
EPTO units: 1.5
CEUs: 0.9

This course teaches you how to use the IML procedure via the programming language. You will benefit from this course if you plan to use SAS/IML for matrix manipulations or if you plan to use it to implement statistical, econometric, or operations research methods.

Learn how to

explicitly assign values to a new matrix
create a matrix from a SAS data set and create a data set from a matrix
control which rows and columns are read from (or written to) a data set
use matrix operators and functions in assignment statements
use IML commands to control the programming environment
use subscript operators to summarize and subset matrices
use iterative and conditional processing to control program flow
write, store, and retrieve IML modules

Who should attend

SAS programmers, statisticians, econometricians, engineers, or others who manipulate data using matrix operators and matrix algebra

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Prerequisites

Before attending this course, you should

have completed the SAS Programming I: Essentials course or understand the material within
possess an understanding of elementary matrix algebra or linear algebra concepts and operations, including matrix dimensions, matrix addition and multiplication, matrix inversion, and scalars.

Course Contents

SAS/IML Matrices

types of matrices
assigning values to matrices

SAS/IML Language

control statements
command statements
call statements and functions
assignment statements and operators

Subscripting Operations

selecting submatrices
performing row and column reduction

Processing Data Sets

creating matrices from data sets
creating data sets from matrices

Developing a SAS/IML Program

creating modules as subroutines and functions
iterative processing
conditional processing

SAS/IML Storage Features

storing modules and matrices
loading modules and matrices

Managing Memory and Workspace
The IML Module Library (IMLMLIB)

Software

This course addresses SAS IML.

Course Materials

Students attend Live Web classes using a Web browser and a telephone and interact with their instructor and fellow classmates in real time. Each student receives an e-mail with instructions on how to join the class three business days before the class begins. The instructions e-mail includes a link to download the course materials. Students need to download and print the course materials prior to class.

System Requirements

For Live Web, you must

review and follow the general system requirements.
complete the course exercises through our virtual lab. The virtual lab allows you to access the software used in class over the Internet, so that you do not need this software on your local machine.
run this test to connect to a virtual lab session. If firewall problems prevent you from connecting to the virtual lab, then you will need the following software installed and configured in your environment to participate in the course exercises:
- Base SAS and SAS/IML software, Release 9.2 or 9.1.3 on a Windows operating system

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