List Input Method In SAS Programming

The input methods in SAS programming are used to read the raw data. The raw data may be from an external source or from in stream datalines. The input statement creates a variable with the name that you assign to each field. So you have to create a variable in the Input Statement. The same variable will be shown in the output of SAS Dataset. In this method the variables are listed with the data types. The raw data is carefully analyzed so that the order of the variables declared matches the data. The delimiter (usually space) should be uniform between any pair of adjacent columns. Any missing data will cause problem in the output as the result will be wrong. We will also discuss, comment is a line or block of text that SAS ignores during the execution of a program. Comments make a written program more understandable by documenting what the program is doing (or should be doing), and why. A well-commented program helps you to remember what your thought process was when you first created the program, and helps other users decipher what your program is doing. Last but not the least, we will discuss about permanent and work library in sas programming as well as, we will learn how to create a permanent library in SAS programming. Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 0:28 Internal Raw Data 2:58 Accessing External Raw Data List Input 7:20 Disadvantages Of Using List Input 13:33 Comments In SAS 16:17 Creating Permanent Library #sasprogramming #analytics #dataanalysis #basesas #sasprogrammingtutorial #analyticsschool