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Rick Aster: Professional SAS Programming Logic: Contents

Chapter 2
Program
ELP and Yes members

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    ELP.SAS
    Reads data file of ELP members, combines with
    data of Yes members and computes frequencies.
    Rick Aster    January 2000

    Input text file: MEMBERS2
    Output SAS data file: CENTER.ELP
    Temporary SAS data file: WORK.BANDS
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OPTIONS LINESIZE=75 NOCENTER PAGENO=1;
TITLE1 'ELP Members';

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   Data step creates SAS data file CENTER.ELP from 
   input text file MEMBERS2.
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DATA CENTER.ELP;
   INFILE MEMBERS2;
   LENGTH NAME $ 24  INSTR $ 16  NATIONAL $ 24;
   INPUT NAME & INSTR & NATIONAL & JOINAT;
   LABEL NAME='Name' INSTR='Instrument' NATIONAL='Nationality'
       JOINAT='Joined At';
RUN;

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  Print SAS dataset.
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PROC PRINT DATA=CENTER.ELP LABEL;
    ID NAME;
    VAR JOINAT INSTR NATIONAL;
RUN;

TITLE1 'Yes and ELP Members';

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   Combine ELP and Yes members in one SAS dataset.
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DATA BANDS;
   SET CENTER.YES CENTER.ELP;
RUN;

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  Print combined SAS dataset.
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PROC PRINT DATA=BANDS LABEL;
    ID NAME;
    VAR JOINAT INSTR NATIONAL;
RUN;

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  Compute frequencies.
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PROC FREQ DATA=BANDS;
    TABLES INSTR NATIONAL INSTR*NATIONAL;
RUN;