Index_F

F

file formats

SAS 9 587

file protection

See also passwords

assigning with PW= data set option 595

complete protection 595

encryption 598

file shortcuts

configuring with registry 247

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) 12

filename extensions

SAS 9 588

filerefs

assigning with Explorer window 293

configuring with registry 247

files 4

accessing without librefs 478

moving between operating environments 611

opening with Explorer window 296

renaming 295

repairing damaged files 611

sorting 296

financial functions 41

FIRSTOBS= data set option

I/O optimization and 217

segmenting a subset 209

FIRST.variable 376, 380

floating-point representation 90

double-precision vs. single-precision 98

fractions 94

IBM mainframes 91

IEEE standard 94

minimum number of bytes 97

numeric comparisons 95

OpenVMS 93

precision vs. magnitude 94

storing numbers with less precision 95

transferring data between operating systems 98

troubleshooting 91

truncating numbers 97

foreign key integrity constraints 505

format modifiers

for error reporting 156

FORMAT statement

creating variables 82

specifying formats 28

formats 27, 79

byte ordering for integer binary data 32

data conversions 38

date values and 131

datetime values and 131

encodings 38

packed decimal data 34

permanent 29

specifying 28

specifying with ATTRIB statement 29

specifying with FORMAT statement 28

specifying with PUT functions 28

specifying with PUT statement 28

specifying with %SYSFUNC function 28

syntax 27

temporary 29

time values and 131

user -defined 32

zoned decimal data 34

formatted input 365

fractions

floating-point representation 94

FTP (File Transfer Protocol) 12

FULLSTIMER system option 214

fully-bounded range condition 202

functions 38

argument restrictions 40

changing DATA step execution sequence 339

depreciation functions 41

descriptive statistic functions 41

file manipulation 42

financial functions 41

in expressions 117

in WHERE expressions 200

PRX functions 45

random-number functions 43

syntax 39

Web application functions 55

within macro functions 42