https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Sample-exercises/m-p/66685#M19057 THank you Scott! I will check some hits. Incidentally, do you find enhancing one's SAS is best done using live, real projects? I can look at sample data all I want, but until I am "forced" to code something on my own, I don't know if I've really mastered the material.<BR /> <BR /> Such is life -- Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:08:00 GMT deleted_user 2009-08-24T18:08:00Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Sample-exercises/m-p/66683#M19055 Hi -- does anyone know of a relatively inexpensive or free way to get some sample exercises to learn new SAS concepts? In particular, I'd like to practice my understanding concerning "modify" and "update" statements. Creating dummy exercises isn't working out too well for me. Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:54:54 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Sample-exercises/m-p/66683#M19055 deleted_user 2009-08-24T17:54:54Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Sample-exercises/m-p/66684#M19056 The SAS support <A href="http://support.sas.com/" target="_blank">http://support.sas.com/</A> website has technical DOC and supplemental reference materials - here is a Google advanced search argument for you to consider:<BR /> <BR /> programming data step update modify site:sas.com<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> Scott Barry<BR /> SBBWorks, Inc.<BR /> <BR /> TS-250 - DATA Step Programming Using the MODIFY Statement<BR /> <A href="http://support.sas.com/techsup/technote/ts250.html" target="_blank">http://support.sas.com/techsup/technote/ts250.html</A><BR /> <BR /> <BR /> Processing BY-Groups in the DATA Step - a relevant topic-discussion:<BR /> <A href="http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/lrcon/61722/HTML/default/a000761932.htm" target="_blank">http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/lrcon/61722/HTML/default/a000761932.htm</A> Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:00:11 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Sample-exercises/m-p/66684#M19056 sbb 2009-08-24T18:00:11Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Sample-exercises/m-p/66685#M19057 THank you Scott! I will check some hits. Incidentally, do you find enhancing one's SAS is best done using live, real projects? I can look at sample data all I want, but until I am "forced" to code something on my own, I don't know if I've really mastered the material.<BR /> <BR /> Such is life -- Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:08:00 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Sample-exercises/m-p/66685#M19057 deleted_user 2009-08-24T18:08:00Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Sample-exercises/m-p/66686#M19058 Yes, no question - real-life data scenarios and associated analysis challenges help with developing your own solutions rather than attempting to learn from others' experience. It must be a balance between using information resources, DOC, code samples, SAS discussion forum archives, and the like, to build up your own SAS programming arsenal.<BR /> <BR /> Scott Barry<BR /> SBBWorks, Inc. Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:44:58 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Sample-exercises/m-p/66686#M19058 sbb 2009-08-24T18:44:58Z