https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Prerequisites-for-learning-Base-SAS/m-p/444544#M111320 <P>What are the prerequisites for beginning the course Base SAS? Please reply as soon as possible?</P> Sun, 11 Mar 2018 15:08:38 GMT davebhargav1979 2018-03-11T15:08:38Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Prerequisites-for-learning-Base-SAS/m-p/444544#M111320 <P>What are the prerequisites for beginning the course Base SAS? Please reply as soon as possible?</P> Sun, 11 Mar 2018 15:08:38 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Prerequisites-for-learning-Base-SAS/m-p/444544#M111320 davebhargav1979 2018-03-11T15:08:38Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Prerequisites-for-learning-Base-SAS/m-p/444545#M111321 <P>What course? E-learning? Please provide more info.</P> Sun, 11 Mar 2018 13:35:34 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Prerequisites-for-learning-Base-SAS/m-p/444545#M111321 PeterClemmensen 2018-03-11T13:35:34Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Prerequisites-for-learning-Base-SAS/m-p/444552#M111323 <P>You can start learning SAS without any prior knowledge on any other programming language. Trust me SAS is my first language I learned and felt very comfortable learning and exploring and enjoying learning. You just need to know some terminology like variables, procedures, functions ,so on...which you will be knowing one you start exploring.</P> Sun, 11 Mar 2018 15:01:26 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Prerequisites-for-learning-Base-SAS/m-p/444552#M111323 SuryaKiran 2018-03-11T15:01:26Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Prerequisites-for-learning-Base-SAS/m-p/444577#M111331 <P>Very simple. A brain and the will to use it.</P> Sun, 11 Mar 2018 19:32:11 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Prerequisites-for-learning-Base-SAS/m-p/444577#M111331 Kurt_Bremser 2018-03-11T19:32:11Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Prerequisites-for-learning-Base-SAS/m-p/444588#M111340 I guess that any programming language that is the first to learn is a challenge. But yeah, nothing stops base SAS from being the first.<BR />But I think that getting a basic understanding of data structures is good way to prepare before you dive in. Sun, 11 Mar 2018 20:42:12 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Prerequisites-for-learning-Base-SAS/m-p/444588#M111340 LinusH 2018-03-11T20:42:12Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Prerequisites-for-learning-Base-SAS/m-p/444589#M111341 And, when searching courses at SAS web site, each training has a prerequisite tab. For programming 1:<BR /><BR />"Before attending this course, you should have experience using computer software. Specifically, you should be able to understand file structures and system commands on your operating systems<BR />access data files on your operating systems." Sun, 11 Mar 2018 20:46:54 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Prerequisites-for-learning-Base-SAS/m-p/444589#M111341 LinusH 2018-03-11T20:46:54Z