Index_C

C

CALL routines 39

PRX call routines 45

random-number routines 43

RX functions and CALL routines 45

syntax 40

catalog concatenation 568

definition 568

explicit 569

implicit 568

rules for 571

catalog directory windows 566

CATALOG window 566

catalogs 4, 565

accessing information in 566

catalog concatenation 568

management tools 566

names of 565

Profile catalog 567

recovering 614

remote access and 12

CATCACHE= system option

I/O optimization and 218

CEDA (Cross-Environment Data Access) 579

advantages of 580

alternatives to 584

compatibility across environments 582

creating files in foreign data representa tion 585

examples 585

file processing with 580, 582

output processing 581

restrictions 581

update processing 583

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 608

character variables 78, 79

compared with character constants 111

converting to numeric variables 84

in arrays 461

missing values 104

characteristic (binary integer) 91

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, 412

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 521

compound expressions 110

order of evaluation 124

compound optimization 521, 529

COMPRESS= system option

I/O optimization and 218

compressing data files 538

definition of compression 538

disabling compression requests 539

requesting compression 538

concatenating catalogs 568

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

datetime 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 599

passwords with 599

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 608