topic Brand New SAS Student in SAS Procedures

Brand New SAS Student

daniel7832 — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 06:43:09 GMT

Thanks! Do you guys offer private one-on-one SAS instruction online?

Re: Brand New SAS Student

stat_sas — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 13:14:44 GMT

Hi,

libname new 'C:\Users\Danny\Documents\My SAS Files\9.3'; /* new is the library name assigned to the folder where you have placed your file */

data question03; /* Temporary sas file */
set new.question03; /* reference to the permanent sas datset question03 */
run;

proc print data=question03;
run;

Re: Brand New SAS Student

Reeza — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 14:36:44 GMT

You don't need to "import" or read in a native sas file. You need to be able to reference it.

To do that you have to specify the location of the folder using a libname and then you can print it from there.

I'd recommend saving the files to something that makes sense to organize each project rather than the Documents section.

libname temp "C:\Users\Danny\Documents\My SAS Files\9.3\";

proc print temp.question03;

run;

Re: Brand New SAS Student

ballardw — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 15:37:26 GMT

I would suggest getting a copy of Little SAS Primer as if you have been in a SAS environment for weeks and no one has discussed library other concepts you may want some additional help.

Also the online SAS help has a section on Learning to Use SAS that may be beneficial to review as there are many program examples.