The DS2 Procedure: SAS Programming Methods at Work - Softcover

Eberhardt, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1629601705 ISBN 13: 9781629601700

Publisher: SAS Institute, 2016

Synopsis

The issue facing most SAS programmers today is not that data space has become bigger ("Big Data"), but that our programming problem space has become bigger. Through the power of DS2, this book shows programmers how easily they can manage complex problems using modular coding techniques. The DS2 Procedure: SAS Programming Methods at Work outlines the basic structure of a DS2 program and teaches you how each component can help you address problems. The DS2 programming language in SAS 9.4 simplifies and speeds data preparation with user-defined methods, storing methods and attributes in shareable packages, and threaded execution on multicore symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) and massively parallel processing (MPP) machines. This book is intended for all BASE SAS programmers looking to learn about DS2; readers need only an introductory level of SAS to get started. Topics covered include introductions to Object Oriented Programming methods, DATA step programs, user-defined methods, predefined packages, and threaded processing.

About this title

About the Author

Peter Eberhardt has been a SAS consultant since 1982; his company, Fernwood Consulting Group, Inc., is a SAS Alliance Partner. In addition to providing consulting services to the Financial and Health Care sectors, Peter has been an active contributor to the SAS user community as a speaker at user groups across Canada, the United States, the Caribbean, and China. He has also served on the Content Advisory Team for SAS Global Forum and as the Academic Chair for SESUG (2008, 2012) and PharmaSUG China (2015).

Edition details

• Publisher: SAS Institute
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1629601705
• ISBN 13: 9781629601700
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 124