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AndersS
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SAS user since 1981. I have submitted MANY suggestions directly to SAS Technical Director at SAS User Conferences - most of them are now implemented. Several papers together with SAS Institute about National Characters (like ÅÄÖåäö) and "The Importance of the IN= data set option". Also many papers and posters presented at SAS User Conferences. Retired - from work in 2017. Still active as SAS user and writer. Education: Master degree in Mathematics, Theoretical Physics, Physics, Numerical Analysis, Mathematical Statistics (almost 3 degrees) Ph.D. in "Computational Physics" - Numerical Analysis applied in a safe way to a physical problem. Several papers about efficient methods for sloving the Laplace equation, for electric potential.

Re: SAS programming language is #5 (for Jobs) in IEEE Spectrum 2024 ra...

by Lapis Lazuli | Level 10 in SAS Programming
2 weeks ago
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2 weeks ago
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Hi! Almost, almost correct. An option must be taken away. Something like TSOPTION. When trying to run the program you will get an error message. VERY EASY to fix when you know about it. /Br Anders Sköllermo ... View more

Re: SAS programming language is #5 (for Jobs) in IEEE Spectrum 2024 ra...

by Lapis Lazuli | Level 10 in SAS Programming
3 weeks ago
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3 weeks ago
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Hi! When comparing programming languages there are several aspects to consider: I - programming environment:  Editor,  Documentation, Documentation aids, Debug tools, OS Platforms, data storage, how to move programs and data to another OS platform.   II - How good are they. Perhaps best judged by finding say 5-10 problems, that shall be solved.       Then measure - coding time, cpu-time, memory usage, How easy is it to implement a small change in the       specifications.   III - Facilities in the language. Like Formats, functions etc.   (I do not know very many languages - Fortran, SAS + Some languages where I found and corrected the errors made by users) /Br Anders Sköllermo ... View more

Re: Verify STOP statement, when SET POINT= is used

by Lapis Lazuli | Level 10 in SAS Product Suggestions
‎08-13-2024 09:57 AM
‎08-13-2024 09:57 AM
Hi Sean_Mealin! I think that some kind of:  warning, option, more info - would be VERY useful. But I do not know the details.   Note that the other day I got the Data-step into an infinite loop  - without SET, MERGE, POINT=... !!    UGH!!Ä?? That is a pitty. It takes resources from the computer. AND I was rather upset. (SAS ODA session terminated because of too much use of storage).   Still I am VERY gratefull that I am allowed to use SAS ODA. /Br AndersS    - "Both my Age and my IQ are 76+"       ... View more

Re: Creating graphs for a paper - PNG or RTF (or PDF)?

by Lapis Lazuli | Level 10 in ODS and Base Reporting
‎07-18-2024 09:12 AM
‎07-18-2024 09:12 AM
Hi! I got a private answer from LeRoy: The best and definitely adequate image file format is PNG. Use the LISTING destination to direct the output to a folder or location of your choice. Use e.g. Microsoft Word o to insert the PNG file in the correct place in the text. MANY THANKS for the discussion! / Br Anders Sköllermo ... View more

Re: Creating graphs for a paper - PNG or RTF (or PDF)?

by Lapis Lazuli | Level 10 in ODS and Base Reporting
‎07-15-2024 04:33 AM
‎07-15-2024 04:33 AM
Hi! I am using PROC SGPLOT. Quite good.  Examples of problems/questions to be solved:  Fontsize, thickness,  bold/notbold. /Br Anders ... View more

Creating graphs for a paper - PNG or RTF (or PDF)?

by Lapis Lazuli | Level 10 in ODS and Base Reporting
‎07-14-2024 03:57 PM
‎07-14-2024 03:57 PM
Hi! I am preparing graphs using SAS ODA, to be included in a Word-document. Later on this document will be converted into a pdf file and published.  My question:  What is the best way to produce the graphs?  Shall I use PNG or RTF (or PDF)? At present I use both RTF and PNG. In my opinion PNG gives better overal picture.   Another question: What useful options are there to modify the graphs. Many thansk in advance. SAS Graph is quite nice, but I do not know it very well. /Br Anders Sköllermo - Skollermo in English   ... View more

Re: Sort only part of a _temporary_ Array

by Lapis Lazuli | Level 10 in SAS Programming
‎02-13-2024 01:28 PM
‎02-13-2024 01:28 PM
Hi! This solution using PROC FCMP works nicely in SAS ODA. /Br AndersS ... View more

Re: Sort only part of a _temporary_ Array

by Lapis Lazuli | Level 10 in SAS Programming
‎02-13-2024 01:26 PM
‎02-13-2024 01:26 PM
Hi! The hash solution works nicely in SAS ODA. /Br Anders ... View more

Re: Sort only part of a _temporary_ Array

by Lapis Lazuli | Level 10 in SAS Programming
‎02-13-2024 07:46 AM
‎02-13-2024 07:46 AM
Hi! Very nice!   I will try it in SAS ODA. /Br Anders ... View more

Re: Sort only part of a _temporary_ Array

by Lapis Lazuli | Level 10 in SAS Programming
‎02-13-2024 04:38 AM
‎02-13-2024 04:38 AM
Hi Paul!  GREAT. I will use the code from the paper. The SAS Community and all these discussions are VERY useful. I have used SAS since 1981. I am  writing another paper about quantiles, and try NOT to use very SAS specific solutions. /BR Anders   ... View more

Re: Sort only part of a _temporary_ Array

by Lapis Lazuli | Level 10 in SAS Programming
‎02-12-2024 04:47 PM
‎02-12-2024 04:47 PM
Hi! (Perhaps stupid question) Is the SAS code for the macro %QSORT avaiable, as SAS code than can be included directly in the Data-step? I am using SAS ODA . I do not know proc fcmp. (Would be nice to learn, but I am writing a paper, and do not have the time).   Does anyone have a good version of  %QSORT, that I can download? MANY THANKS in advance! /Br Anders (Age and IQ are 76+. Trying to understand quantile confidence interval estimates).     ... View more

Re: Sort only part of a _temporary_ Array

by Lapis Lazuli | Level 10 in SAS Programming
‎02-12-2024 03:18 PM
‎02-12-2024 03:18 PM
Hi! Many thanks! BUT, %QSORT does NOT work in SAS ODA. Solution: Find the code for %QSORT and include it. Perhaps later on I will do that. CALL SORTN is rather good. Good enough now for my needs. /Br Anders Anders Sköllermo fil.dr., Sandgränd 13, 178 40 Ekerö, 073-5077373, anders.skollermo@one.se ... View more

Re: Sort only part of a _temporary_ Array

by Lapis Lazuli | Level 10 in SAS Programming
‎02-10-2024 09:32 AM
‎02-10-2024 09:32 AM
Hi! VERY interesting solution by Bart.  Yes it works. I have just tested it.   I  dont have any use if ths solution just now. But I think that these discussions are REALLY GREAT! /Br Anders ... View more

Re: Sort only part of a _temporary_ Array

by Lapis Lazuli | Level 10 in SAS Programming
‎02-10-2024 09:23 AM
‎02-10-2024 09:23 AM
Hi! VERY interesting solution. I can not use it, but quite good!  /Br Anders ... View more
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