SAS

Need only the first character of a sentence
Hi Dear all, I have a data set looks like: Name Apple International Business Machines General Electric U.S. Airways I am trying to get the first character for each company name. So, the new variable I am looking for will be like: Name NEWVAR Apple A International Business Machines ... 23 Apr 2010 17:38

Clever macro to pop the last word off a list and return both the word and shortened list
Hi SAS-Lers, Suppose %let wrds=The quick brown fox; and you want The following macro variables local to the calling macro (not global) wrds = The quick brown; pop = fox; For a cleaner version see /* T005790 POP THE LAST WORD OFF A LIST AND RE... 23 Apr 2010 21:00

Standard deviation of elements of a vector in proc iml?
I want to calculate the standard deviation of the elements of a vector in proc iml. I expected a standard function for this, but I can't find this. I found the function STD, but it seems to require several arguments (not in a vector form). Anyone? Of course, I could also calculate the standard deviation myself, ... 13 Apr 2010 21:49

Scan Function
I have a quick question. I am hoping some has an answer to help me, since i can't seem to find an answer in any textbooks or website. So basically, I have a dataset with a variable like this: Andover town, Tolland County North Canaan town, Litchfield County, So what I had in mind was: Town1= scan(Town,1);... 14 Apr 2010 16:39

survival
Hi All, I have a longitudinal dataset and would like to make sure if I am setting it correctly to run proc lifetests and phreg for each subject.. This is how my dataset looks: id outcome time Exposure x Exposure Y 1 0 0.6 1 0 1... 13 Apr 2010 16:12

international airlines dataset
Hi, Does someone have this sample tables from SAS courses ? I would like to test some exercices from the course. Thanks in advance. Jerome. ... 13 Apr 2010 15:04

WCC BA -- North Haven CT
(Please note: If you are interested in this position and you have all skills experience which mentioned in requirement, so please update your resume as per the requirement and reply me) Hi, Hope you are doing well, Please find this Requirement of our Direct Client, if it looks interested please reply me ASA... 13 Apr 2010 12:48

using GENMOD
Hi All, I am using GENMOD for medicinal research for a M.Sc. I have differential white blood cell count data: for example the number of eosinophils per 100 white blood cells (WBC) observed on blood smears. I want to know the effects of 2 medications on these counts (class effects). Note that the number of WBCs... 14 Apr 2010 09:53

Database Administrator -- at Madison WI -- GC or citizen only
Hi, Let me know if you have someone for the below requirement. Please find the details below. Title: Database Administrator Duration: 6months c2h (only GC or Citizen) Location: Madison, WI Manager has the infrastructure side of the databases – not applications. Description: • Develop, implement, a... 13 Apr 2010 12:48

One-Sample Survival Analysis
I have a sample of patients and their survival times. How do I compare the survival in this sample against a reference survival rate? This is analogous to a one-sample t-test against a reference mean. I would appreciate any help or references. Thank you, Haris ... 13 Apr 2010 11:41