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How to display axis value on boxplot
In the hope somebody would explain this to me, I am resending it. Thanks in advance, Kumar On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 3:27 AM, Kumar Mainali <kpmainali(a)gmail.com> wrote: Hello, Below is my code for creating boxplot of savings in each of the days of the week. I would like to display y axis value for ea... 3 Jan 2010 18:16

SAS and Windows 7
Hi, does anyone knows if either SAS 9.1.3 or SAS 9.2 support Windows 7 ? The 9.1.3 setup enters an endless loop checking for system requirements (e.g. Java private machine) For SAS 9.2 I'm just asking because I'm just waiting for the new license. Thanks in advance. max(L) ... 6 Jan 2010 08:49

does sas support varchar data type?
VARCHAR is a SQL data type. SAS has character variables, just not called VARCHAR. If you're noting that SAS doesn't have variable length characters, look at COMPRESS dataset/system option; make your characters long enough, and then COMPRESS will make the space that wasn't being used go away. SAS doesn't natively... 6 Jan 2010 08:48

does sas support varchar data type?
i couldn't find any evidence that sas/base supports varchar data type. a little surprise though. any insight or experience? thank you so much and have a happy 2010! ... 1 Jan 2010 23:55

Alternative to the Days Inn Cary...
If you're visiting SAS HQ, and you're given a choice between the Days Inn Cary and the Umstead, opt for the latter. :-) Magazine ranks Umstead among world's top 500 hotels http://blogs.newsobserver.com/business/magazine-ranks-umstead-among-worlds-top-500-hotels Travel + Leisure magazine has named the Umstead... 1 Jan 2010 22:50

LOESS Procedure - WEIGHT-parameter, large samples
Hi, Consider the following two examples: Example 1. data test; do x=0 to 100; y=ranuni(0); if abs(x-25)<2 | abs(x-75)<2 then y=y+5; w=1; if x<50 then do i=0 to 100; output; end; else output; end; run; Example 2. data test; do x=0 to 100; y=ranuni(0); ... 1 Jan 2010 16:17

SAS Jobs in Canada
All: I am from US with 3 years of SAS Experience pharmacuetical setting .. I am planning to move to canada .. is there a good market for SAS Programmers .. can anyone guide me with your inputs Thanks and happy new year !!!!!!! ... 31 Dec 2009 22:00

A time sensitive request for ALL SAS-L posters
As you may or may not know, each year we compile a set of stats regarding the year's posts. The accuracy of those stats is dependent upon all of us ensuring that our various email addresses are linked (regardless of whether it includes your name or not). In that regard, Howard Schreier maintains a relatively s... 31 Dec 2009 19:49

Any reason to limit var names to 8 characters?
Please post a reply if you can think of any reason to limit your SAS variable names to 8 characters. The only reason I know of is to be compatible with version 6 of SAS. In converting a SAS data set to a different format, are there other commonly used systems that would truncate variable names to 8 characters? ... 31 Dec 2009 13:12

how to FTP a pure XLS file to MAINFRAME and do PROC IMPORT there?
Hi folks, does somone know how to transfer (FTP?) a pure excel sheet to mainframe? What is lrecl and blksize of mainframe file? I have a proc import on PC to read the "sheets" that works fine ! I would like to do this on mainframe. Regards, Herman ... 31 Dec 2009 04:29