Develop and fine-tune your programming skills the easy way--by example! For beginning or intermediate users, this book serves as a guide, using a series of annotated examples, through basic tasks to more complex ones. Problems and solutions are provided to help you make the most of the programming tools available in Base SAS software. Conversational in tone, the book is useful both as a tutorial for learning programming and as a convenient quick-reference filled with tips and strategies for solving your programming problems. Among the clearly explained examples are models that show you how to build SAS data sets, use SAS functions for data translation, program more efficiently, relate information from multiple sources, and chart and plot data. You will also learn to work with SAS date values, produce descriptive and summary statistics, and write reports.

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Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 11 Ratings

Ok--rather above average - 2006-10-20
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On the whole, the book is very good in that in general it consists of short self-contained programs: the input, the code, and the output, with discussion. Unfortunately, later in the book the authors got tired of the above and in many cases do not provide the output.

Also, the authors indulge in numerous parenethetical asides that are supoosed to be humorous but are just silly and interruptive.

Still, on balance it is a good (though outrageously overpriced) book.

Replacement for SAS Programming by Example - 2009-05-05
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This book, while very useful when it was written, is now replaced by a more update book containing approximately twice the material as the old book. I recommend that you look at Learning SAS by Example before you buy this book. Here is a link:
Learning SAS by Example: A Programmer's Guide

Good book for data restructuring algorithms - 2007-01-28
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Hi,

There are times when you may get data sets that were entered in formats that are not compatible with the PROC you are using. In terms of teaching one how to use arrays and loops to restructure data sets, this book is a gold mine. If you analyze data from PROC SQL against databases then you probably won't need all of what is in this book. I have used this book for several consulting engagements and even if you program in SPSS, this s a great book to have in your arsenal.

SAS Programming - 2006-11-10
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I enjoyed the book by Cody and Pass. It is very "user-friendly" and even though it may not be as comprehensive as other comparable books on the subject, I did find it excellent. It clarified many concepts which I was not able to from anywhere else. The authors may consider adding PROC REPORT, a very important and powerful tool.

For the Person Who Has Everything - 2006-09-22
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Not exactly one of those people but still hanging in there. This is a very good do-it-yourself book on SAS coding. But remember, it is still "do-it-yourself" so beware. You can get the job done, but it may not always be the most economical or efficient way. Otherwise this is an invaluable book. Keep it handy.

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