Index_B

B

base number 91

Base SAS

concepts 10

DATA step concepts 10

overview 4

SAS concepts 10

SAS files concepts 10

Base SAS engine 602

base version 499

batch mode 9

Universal Printing 274

BETWEEN-AND operator 203

bias 92

big endian platforms 32

binary data 369

binary informats 370

bit masks 114

bit testing constants 114

BMDP engine 604

Boolean numeric expressions 122

Boolean operators 121

buffers

index requirements for 523

BUFNO=system option

I/O optimization and 218

BUFSIZE= system option

I/O optimization and 218

BY- group access

engines 600

BY-group processing 195

BY groups 377

data grouped by formatted values 385

data not in alphabetic or numeric order 384

DATA step identification of BY groups 380

definition 375

in DATA step 383

indexing for 379

invoking 378

preprocessing input data 379

preprocessing needs 379

sorting observations for 379

syntax 376

terminology 375

BY groups 377

definition 376

multiple BY variables 378

processing conditionally 383

processing observations in 380

single BY variable 377

BY processing

indexes for 532

indexes for, with WHERE processing 533

BY values

definition 376

BY variables

definition 375

byte ordering 32