SAS Programs (5)

Basic Concepts

SAS Programs

You've seen the results of submitting our sample program. For other SAS programs, the results of processing may vary:

Some SAS programs open an interactive window, such as the REPORT window.

     proc report data=clinic.admit;
        columns id name sex age actlevel;
     run;

REPORT window

SAS programs often invoke procedures that create output in the form of a report, as is the case with the TABULATE procedure.

     proc tabulate data=clinic.admit;
        class sex;
        var height weight;
        table sex*(height weight),mean;
     run;

Mean

Sex F Height 64.82

Weight 141.73

M Height 72.00

Weight 172.80

	Mean
Sex	F	Height	64.82
Weight	141.73
M	Height	72.00
Weight	172.80

Other SAS programs perform tasks such as sorting and managing data, which have no visible results besides messages in the log. (All SAS programs produce log messages, but some SAS programs produce only log messages.)
```
     proc datasets library=clinic;
        modify results;
        format testdate mmddyy8.;
     run;
```

SAS Log

2 proc datasets library=clinic; -----Directory----- Libref: CLINIC Engine: V8 Physical Name: C:\WINNT\Profiles\Personal\My SAS File Name: C:\WINNT\Profiles\Personal\My SAS File # Name Memtype size Last modified ----------------------------------------------- 1 ADMIT DATA 9216 2/23/99 12:40: