Juletip #8 - Drawing a simple pyramid in SAS

sdkhli — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 06:55:37 GMT

Top down:

data _null_;
j=24;
do i=0 to 24 by 2;
b=repeat('*',i);
c=floor((j-i)/2);
put +c b;
end;
run;

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          *****
         *******
        *********
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      *************
     ***************
    *****************
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Bottom up:

data _null_;
j=24;
do i=24 to 0 by -2;
b=repeat('*',i);
c=floor((j-i)/2);
put +c b;
end;
run;

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 ***********************
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   *******************
    *****************
     ***************
      *************
       ***********
        *********
         *******
          *****
           ***
            *

Re: Juletip #8 - Drawing a simple pyramid in SAS

Rick_SAS — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 22:56:36 GMT

And don't forget this version of a SAS Christmas tree, drawn by the DATA step:

https://blogs.sas.com/content/iml/2011/12/16/a-sas-christmas-tree.html

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