SAS

Is it possible to empty the SAS log file without ending the
I am not really sure what you want and for what, perhaps you could try to code this inside your program: dm 'clear log'; Daniel Fernandez. Barcelona. 2010/1/29 Anaconda <rune(a)fastlane.no>: I wonder if it is possible to empty the SAS log file while a session is running. I mean the physical log file on... 2 Feb 2010 15:32

Multiply
Hi, Ik have a large SAS-dataset with a lot of variables. I have to multiplay each variable with -1. Is there a short way to do this by using a macro? Now i have to do : X1 = X1 * -1 ; X2 = X2 * -1 ; .. .. X100 = X100 * -1 ; Tx ... 2 Feb 2010 15:32

Who can give me some advices SASHELP View and Dictionary
The SASHELP views (I assume you mean things like sashelp.vcatalg) are views of the dictionary tables, which are in turn views of SAS internal data. The sashelp views can be used anywhere a regular view or table can be used (data step, sql, viewtable, etc.). The dictionary tables can be used only in proc sql in ba... 2 Feb 2010 15:33

Is there a system macro var that indicates if running batch
There is. I don't recall off the top of my head, but there is an automatic macro variable that is set when you are in batch. Either google about for it (or maybe look on the sascommunity.org site), or put the macro variables to the log in both sessions and look at the difference. I think it's %put _automatic_; t... 2 Feb 2010 15:33

Converting Numeric MMDDYY10. into 11. numeric
I think you may only need a format like: YYMMDDN8. e.g., data have; informat DateOld date9.; format DateOld mmddyy10.; input DateOld; cards; 3nov2009 ; data want; set have; DateNew = put (DateOld, YYMMDDN8.); run; HTH, Art ------------- On Jan 28, 6:10 pm, Sdlentertd <sdlente...(a)gmail... 2 Feb 2010 15:31

How to schedule a execution of a macro daily
Hello Group, I want to schedule the execution of a Macro xyz which is already stored in a compile form in Lib . inside macro name xyz there are 18 other macros all compiled. I just want to trigger the execution of my xyz macro automatically daily at 8 p.m,... 2 Feb 2010 15:32

Converting Numeric MMDDYY10. into 11. numeric
I have this problem: DateOld MMDDYY10. (numeric) format and looks like this 11/03/2009 and I want to create a new date based on DateOld in this format DateNew 11. (numeric) which will look like this 20091103 i am trying this but it doesn't work DateNew = input( put (DateOld, 8.), YYMMDD8.); Thanks for help. ... 2 Feb 2010 15:32

How to display indent and blank line break in pdf/rtf output?
Assuming you already 'indented' the text by padding the space in the var, to show the 'indent' or space, you need to turn on the asis option in style: data xx; a='not indent'; output; a=' indent '; output; run; ods rtf file="c:\temp\junk.rtf"; ods pdf file="c:\temp\junk.pdf"; proc report data=xx nowd; ... 2 Feb 2010 15:33

histograms
i am trying to create a histogram to show the frequency of symptoms scores for subjects. The scores range from numeric scale of 0-10. (the scores are only whole values). so my dataset looks like this: subject asessment date assessment type sympt 1 sympt 2 sympt 3 A 1/1/2010 ... 2 Feb 2010 15:31

Finding Duplicates using two attributes as identifiers
I have three columns of data SCHEDULE_ID, VESSEL, and LANDING_DATE. SCHEDULE_ID is a unique identifier but in VESSEL, and LANDING_DATE there may possibly be duplicates. I need to extract and examine any rows where the VESSEL and the LANDING_DATE are equal to each other. Ex: SCHEDULE_ID VESSEL LANDIN... 2 Feb 2010 15:31