Hi Everyone,   I am new to statistic and I have a question in my mind. When I saw some data and statistics published by news, researchers or universities, could I write back to ask them further for example how the data was collected, the sample frame, sample size, etc.? ... View more

Hi Members,   Please help me to understand the SAS documentation that says:   ======================================================================   SAS comment statements of the form *commentary; or comment commentary; are complete SAS statements. Consequently, they are processed by the tokenizer and macro facility and cannot contain semicolons or unmatched quotation marks.    =======================================================================   My understand from the above documentation is that comments in this form are complete statements, and they can’t contain semicolons or unmatched quotation marks. And I am confused about the unmatched quotation marks because when I write the below program, SAS run it with no problem.   =======================================================================   proc print data=sashelp.cars; *comme'''ntary; run;         ... View more

Hi Members,   In the SAS documentation, it says " The ELSE statement, if used, must immediately follow the IF-THEN statement."   I am trying to understand the above meaning but is confused when the below codes are valid and at line 6, the else statement does not immediately follow the if-then statement.   Anyone can enlighten me?   data storm_cat; set pg1.storm_summary; keep Name Basin MinPressure StartDate PressureGroup; if MinPressure=. then PressureGroup=.; else if MinPressure<=920 then PressureGroup=1; else PressureGroup=0; run;   ... View more

Hi SAS Folks,   I am a beginner starting to learn SAS and I am using the SAS studio university edition for self learning.   I came across SAS studio hinted me OPTION and OPTIONS when I tried to input some codes.   May I know if these two global statements are the same? Thanks!   ... View more