SAS 9.1 Language Reference-Concepts

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Part 1: SAS System Concepts

Chapter List

Chapter 1: Essential Concepts of Base SAS Software
Chapter 2: SAS Processing
Chapter 3: Rules for Words and Names in the SAS Language
Chapter 4: SAS Language Elements
Chapter 5: SAS Variables
Chapter 6: Missing Values
Chapter 7: Expressions
Chapter 8: Dates, Times, and Intervals
Chapter 9: Error Processing and Debugging
Chapter 10: SAS Output
Chapter 11: BY-Group Processing in SAS Programs
Chapter 12: WHERE-Expression Processing
Chapter 13: Optimizing System Performance
Chapter 14: Support for Parallel Processing
Chapter 15: Monitoring Performance Using Application Response Measurement (ARM)
Chapter 16: The SAS Registry
Chapter 17: Printing with SAS

Chapter 1: Essential Concepts of Base SAS Software

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operations research and project management
quality improvement
applications development

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