Index_C

C

CALL routines 39

PRX call routines 45

random-number routines 43

RX functions and CALL routines 45

syntax 40

catalog concatenation 564

definition 564

explicit 565

implicit 564

rules for 567

catalog directory windows 562

CATALOG window 562

catalogs 4, 561

accessing information in 562

catalog concatenation 564

management tools 562

names of 561

Profile catalog 563

recovering 610

remote access and 12

CATCACHE= system option

I/O optimization and 218

CEDA (Cross-Environment Data Access) 575

advantages of 576

alternatives to 580

compatibility across environments 578

creating files in foreign data representation 581

examples 581

file processing with 576, 578

output processing 577

restrictions 577

update processing 579

cells

editing values 320

character comparisons 120

IN operator in 121

character constants 111

compared with character variables 111

in hexadecimal notation 112

quotation marks with 111

character data

reading raw data 360

_CHARACTER_name lists 88

character values 359

character variable padding (CVP) engine 604

character variables 78, 79

compared with character constants 111

converting to numeric variables 84

in arrays 461

missing values 104

characteristic (binary integer) 92

collating sequence

character comparisons and 120

color values

registry and 242

column-binary data 371

column-binary data storage 371, 372

column input 364

columns

labeling 313

moving 313

sorting values 315

combining data sets 389, 391

access methods 394

concatenating 395, 402

data relationships 391

direct access 394

error checking 400

interleaving 395, 405

match-merging 397, 416

methods for 395, 402

one-to-one merging 396, 411

one-to-one reading 396, 409

preparing data sets 400

procedures for 398

sequential access 394

statements for 398

tools for 389, 398

updating 397, 420

comparison operators 118, 201

compatibility

See version compatibility

compilation phase (DATA step) 332

composite indexes 520

compound expressions 110

order of evaluation 124

compound optimization 521, 528

COMPRESS= system option

I/O optimization and 218

compressing data files 537

definition of compression 537

disabling compression requests 538

requesting compression 538

concatenating catalogs 564

concatenating data libraries 471

concatenating data sets 395, 402

efficiency 405

examples 403

concatenation operator 123, 206

configuration files 9

console log 162

constants 110

bit testing constants 114

blank space in 115

character constants 111

date constants 113

date time constants 113

in WHERE expressions 200

misinterpretation of 115

numeric constants 112

time constants 113

constructors

initializing hash objects 439

CONTAINS operator 203

copies

encryption with 595

passwords with 595

correlators

in ARM macros 64

CPU-bound applications 224

CPU performance 220

increasing memory 220

parallel processing and 221

reducing I/O 220

search time for executables 220

storing compiled programs 220

variable lengths and 221

CPU time 214

Cross-Environment Data Access

See CEDA (Cross-Environment Data Access)

customized output 189

for output objects 191

CVP engine 604