In general, SAS/GRAPH programs work like other SAS programs: the SAS/GRAPH procedures use data from SAS data sets to produce output “ in this case, graphics output. In addition, SAS/GRAPH programs define the output environment and control the format and destination of the graphics output. This chapter discusses SAS/GRAPH programs and explains how they produce graphics output. It describes
the language elements used by SAS/GRAPH programs
ways of running SAS/GRAPH programs
where and how procedure output is produced
how to control certain attributes of the procedure output.
For information on using and managing SAS/GRAPH output, see Chapter 4, SAS/ GRAPH Output, on page 47; for information on using SAS/GRAPH programs to create other kinds of graphics output, see About Exporting SAS/GRAPH Output on page 59. For information on bringing SAS/GRAPH output to the Web, see Chapter 9, Introducing SAS/GRAPH Output for the Web, on page 369.