Index_E

E

e-mail

sending through SMTP 619

encodings 38

encryption 594

audittrails with 595

copies with 595

example 594

generation data sets with 595

indexes with 595

engines

access patterns 600

asynchronous I/O 601

characteristics of 599

CVP engine 604

data set access 598

definition 597

files and 598

I/O optimization and 218

indexing 601

interface DATA step engine 573

levels of locking 600

LIBNAME engine 569

library engines 602

metadata LIBNAME engine 605

read/write activity 600

SAS XML LIBNAME engine 605

specifying 597

task switching 601

entries 468

_ERROR_ automatic variable 85

error checking

combining data sets 400

examples 429, 432

indexes and 428

KEY= option and 432

tools for 428

error processing 147, 156

log control options 159

multiple errors 157

return codes 159

syntax check mode 156

system options for 158

ERROR statement

writing to log with 165

errors

data errors 154

execution-time errors 151

format modifiers for error reporting 156

logic errors 159

macro- related errors 156

semantic errors 150

summary of 147

syntax errors 148

types of 147

Excel

copying data sets to 312

exclusion lists 190

destinations for output objects 191

executable files

reducing search time for 220

executable statements 69

execution phase (DATA step) 332

execution-time errors 151

out-of-resources condition 152

explicit catalog concatenation 564

Explorer

backing up SASUSER registry 240

configuring with registry 246

Explorer window 291

assigning filerefs 292

copying data sets 293

creating and saving programs 297

opening files 296

renaming files 295

sorting files 296

viewing file details 295

exponent 91

Export Wizard 324

exporting data

Export Wizard for 324

expressions 110

automatic numeric-character conversion 116

Boolean numeric expressions 122

character comparisons 120

compound expressions 110

constants in 110

examples 110

functions 117

logical (Boolean) operators and 121

operators in 117

order of evaluation 124

regular expressions (RX) 45

simple expressions 110

variables in 116

WHERE expressions 110

external files 5, 611

as DATA step output 13

input to SAS programs 12

processing 616

reading 615

reading raw data 362

referencing directly 612

referencing indirectly 612

referencing multiple files 613

referencing with FILENAME access methods 614

writing 615