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

[mkit8]

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

[Reeza]

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...

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

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@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

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[mkit8]

Thank you, Reeza!

[PaigeMiller]

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.

[mkit8]

Thank you, PaigeMiller!

[Reeza]

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.