Index_E

E

e-mail

sending through SMTP 623

encodings 38

encryption 598

audit trails with 599

copies with 599

example 598

generation data sets with 599

indexes with 599

engines

access patterns 604

asynchronous I/O 605

characteristics of 603

CVP engine 608

data set access 602

definition 601

files and 602

I/O optimization and 218

indexing 605

interface DATA step engine 577

levels of locking 604

LIBNAME engine 573

library engines 606

metadata LIBNAME engine 609

read/write activity 604

SAS XML LIBNAME engine 609

specifying 601

task switching 605

entries 468

_ERROR_ automatic variable 86

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 568

Explorer

backing up SASUSER registry 240

configuring with registry 247

Explorer window 291

assigning filerefs 293

copying data sets 294

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 123

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, 615

as DATA step output 13

input to SAS programs 12

processing 620

reading 619

reading raw data 362

referencing directly 616

referencing indirectly 616

referencing multiple files 617

referencing with FILENAME access methods 618

writing 619