topic Re: How do I use a sas7bdat file to complete proc univariate? in SAS Procedures

How do I use a sas7bdat file to complete proc univariate?

mkit8 — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 00:09:51 GMT

Hi,

I am VERY new to SAS. Very new and very confused....

For a homework assignment, we were given a sas7bdat file and were told to run proc univariate. I thought I was doing this correctly, but am not able to get any output.

Please see screenshots of the code I came up with below (and the errors that I received). I'm not sure what version of SAS I use. It is something that is available to me online through my school's application gateway (9_4 maybe?) I'm not sure what other information would be helpful to share.

Please help!!

Melody

Re: How do I use a sas7bdat file to complete proc univariate?

Reeza — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 00:18:09 GMT

I recommend watching this video.

The first three minutes are about text files, then goes into using SAS data sets.

https://video.sas.com/detail/videos/sas-analytics-u/video/4664335810001/accessing-your-existing-data-in-sas-university-edition:-download-version?autoStart=true

I think about 3:30 to 5:00 is what you need.

@mkit8 wrote:

Hi,

I am VERY new to SAS. Very new and very confused....

For a homework assignment, we were given a sas7bdat file and were told to run proc univariate. I thought I was doing this correctly, but am not able to get any output.

Please see screenshots of the code I came up with below (and the errors that I received). I'm not sure what version of SAS I use. It is something that is available to me online through my school's application gateway (9_4 maybe?) I'm not sure what other information would be helpful to share.

Please help!!

Melody

Re: How do I use a sas7bdat file to complete proc univariate?

PaigeMiller — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 00:30:03 GMT

Instead of INFILE, you need a SET statement. Then you don't need the INPUT statement either.

SET statements are for data already in a SAS data set (or .sas7bdat file), while INFILE is for data that is in a text file.

Something like this:

set epi.frmgham;

In the future, do not show us screen captures of SAS code or the SAS log. Instead, first clicking on the running man icon (for SAS code) or the {i} icon (for SAS log) and then copy and paste the text into the window that appears.

Re: How do I use a sas7bdat file to complete proc univariate?

Reeza — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 01:52:47 GMT

And unfortunately if you ran this code you may have damaged or destroyed your input data set. You may need to first replace it, and then implement the changes.

Re: How do I use a sas7bdat file to complete proc univariate?

mkit8 — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 03:22:57 GMT

Thank you, Reeza!

Re: How do I use a sas7bdat file to complete proc univariate?

mkit8 — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 03:24:35 GMT

Thank you, PaigeMiller!