Index_B

B

BAND function 329

base 3

batch mode 1477

batch processing

error handling 1525

BATCH system option 1477

BCC= option

FILENAME statement 1182

BELL argument, DISPLAY statement 1140

Bernoulli distributions 419, 493

cumulative distribution functions 419

probability density functions 696

bessel function, returning value of 583, 613

BESTw. format 113

compared to Dw. format 118

beta distributions 330

cumulative distribution functions 420

probabilities from 717

probability density functions 697

quantiles 330

BETA function 329

BETAINV function 330

big endian platforms

byte ordering 75

big endian platforms, byte ordering on 933

bin specification, for printed output 1581

bin specification, for sending paper to printer 1583

binary data

converting character data to 94

converting numeric data to 114

binary data, converting to

character 947

integers 971

BINARY option

FILENAME statement, FTP access method 1191

binary zeros, converting to blanks 951

$BINARYw. format 94

BINARYw. format 114

$BINARYw. informat 947

BINARYw.d informat 971

binding edge 1478

BINDING= system option 1478

binomial distributions 366, 421, 494

cumulative distribution functions 421

probabilities from 718

probability density functions 697

random numbers 366, 764

bits, extracting 972

BITSw.d informat 972

bitwise logical operations

AND 329

EXCLUSIVE OR 334

NOT 332

OR 332

shift left 331

shift right 333

bivariate normal distribution

probability computed from 719

BLANK argument, DISPLAY statement 1140

_BLANKPAGE_ option, PUT statement 1346

blanks 448

compressing 448, 460

converting binary zeros to 951

converting to zeros 973

trimming trailing 862, 864

BLKSIZE= option

FILE statement 1156

INFILE statement 1223

BLOCKSIZE= option

FILENAME statement, FTP access method 1191

FILENAME statement, SOCKET access 1200

BLSHIFT function 331

BNOT function 332

bookmarks 548

finding 716

setting 548

BOR function 332

BOTTOMMARGIN= system option 1479

BREAK command

DATA step debugger 1675

BRSHIFT function 333

buffers

number for data sets 1480

number for processing data sets 11

page buffers for catalogs 1489

page size and 12

permanent page size 12

size of 1482

view buffer size 38

buffers, allocating

SASFILE statement 1389

BUFNO= data set option 11

BUFNO= system option 1480

BUFSIZE= data set option 12

BUFSIZE= system option 1482

BXOR function 334

BY- group processing

SET statement for 1401

BY lines

printing 1484

BY statement 1112

BY values

duplicates, MODIFY statement 1310

BY variables

customizing titles with 1410

BYE command, compared to ENDSAS statement 1153

BYERR system option 1483

compared with DSNFERR system option 1515

BYLINE system option 1484

BYSORTED system option 1485

BYTE function 334

byte ordering 933

for integer binary data 75

BZw.d informat 973

compared to w.d informat 1041