Learn to program SAS by example!

If you like learning by example, then this straightforward book makes it easy to learn SAS programming. In an instructive and conversational tone, author Ron Cody clearly explains each programming technique and then illustrates it with one or more real-life examples, followed by a detailed description of how the program works. The text is divided into four major sections: Getting Started; DATA Step Processing; Presenting and Summarizing Your Data; and Advanced Topics. Subjects addressed include:

• Reading data from external sources

• Learning details of DATA step programming

• Subsetting and combining SAS data sets

• Understanding SAS functions and working with arrays

• Creating reports with PROC REPORT and PROC TABULATE

• Learning to use the SAS Output Delivery System

• Getting started with the SAS macro language

• Introducing PROC SQL

You can test your knowledge and hone your skills by solving the problems at the end of each chapter. (Solutions to odd-numbered problems are located at the back of this book. Solutions to all problems are available to instructors by visiting the book's companion Web site for details.) This book is intended for beginners and intermediate users.Readers should know how to enter and submit a SAS program from their operating system.

Includes a free CD-ROM with the example code, data sets, and solutions to odd-numbered problems.

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Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 11 Ratings

Great for preparing for a job and SAS Base exam - 2008-08-30
Reviewer Rating:
When I started learning SAS from this book, I had two goals in mind:
1. Improve my SAS skills for a SAS programmer job.
2. Pass SAS Base certification exam.

I decided to use this book and not SAS Certification Prep guide because SAS certification Prep Guide wouldn't teach me how to program like Cody's book did. Cody's book gives lots of exercises to practice.

However, when I took a SAS practice exam, I felt Cody's book didn't prepare me enough in the following areas:
- reading raw data from external files;
- subsetting and combining datasets.

So I borrowed SAS Certification Prep Guide from a friend and read chapters on those topics. And I passed the exam.

I also agree with the other reviewer saying that Cody's exercises are rather simple. I found other Cody's book (Applied Statistics and the SAS programming language) more challenging and it contained answers to ALL exercises, not just odd-numbered; but maybe this was because it was my first SAS book.

All in all, I find this book very useful, because I haven't seen other book that would give you exercises along with solutions to half of them. Programming is like math: you need to practice in order to be good at it.

Wonderful Book for SAS Programmers - 2009-11-19
Reviewer Rating:
This is a terrific book, especially for beginner-intermediate level SAS users. Plenty of examples guiding readers through the logic and abundant explanation making readers understand the mechanism of programming.

Another excellent Ron Cody book - 2009-07-15
Reviewer Rating:
If you want to learn SAS and like learning by example then thiis is the book for you

Outstanding!! - 2008-12-16
Reviewer Rating:
About 15 years ago, I had a brief experience with SAS programming. Now, much later, quite a bit older, and experienced at a bunch of unrelated things, I'm back at SAS again and boy am I rusty...!!! Cody's book has been invaluable in getting back with it... It provides excellent practical "How to" examples for nearly everything I need...

not so good - 2008-09-20
Reviewer Rating:
i have waited so long time but i cannot receive my book.
i am not happy

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