| Understanding DATA Step Processing |
| Lesson
Overview |
| Introduction
In previous lessons you learned how to read data, perform basic modifications, and create a new SAS data set. This lesson teaches you what happens "behind the scenes" when DATA steps are processed. We'll do that by examining the program data vector, a logical framework that the SAS System uses when creating SAS data sets. |
| Understanding how the program operates can help you to anticipate the
way that variables are created and processed, plan your modifications, and
interpret and debug program errors. You'll also learn several useful strategies
for preventing and correcting common DATA step errors.
This lesson contains 37 pages and takes approximately 60-90 minutes to complete.
In this lesson, you learn how to
Before taking this lesson, you should have completed the following lessons: Introduction to SAS Programming |
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