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 SAS ENVIRONMENT::: THERE WILL BE TWO WINDOWS IN SAS

---LEFT SIDE WINDOW:: IT CONTAINS  

        ---EXPLORER:: LIBRARIES,FILE SHORTCUTS,FAVORITE FOLDERS,THIS PC ......

        ---RESULTS:: RESULTS OF THE PROGRAM.

  1. EXPLORER :

   **LIBRARIES:: THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF LIBRARIES .

        

           --TEMPORARY LIBRARIES: WORK ( AFTER CLOSING THE SAS SESSION

                                        WORK LIBRARY WILL BE EMPTY).

         --PERMANENT LIBRARIES: EXCEPT "WORK LIBRARY" REMAINING ALL PERMANENT LIBRARY.

   **FILE SHORTCUTS

   **FAV FOLDERS

   **THIS PC

 

 2. RESULTS :AFTER RUNNING THE PROGRAM ONLY RESULTS WILL BE APPEAR

 

---RIGHT SIDE WINDOW::IT CONTAINS 

       1.EDITOR WINDOW 

       2.LOG WINDOW

       3.OUTPUT WINDOW  

 ---1.EDITOR WINDOW:: WRITE & MODIFY THE SYNTAX/PROGRAM/CODE.IT CONTAINS TWO TYPES 

             1.ENHANCE EDITOR

             2.PROGRAM EDITOR

---ENHANCE EDITOR:: PROGRAM WILL NOT BE DISAPPEAR( BETTER TO USE )

       ---PROGRAM EDITOR:: PROGRAM WILL BE DISAPPEAR

 ---2.LOG WINDOW:: GIVE THE PROGRAM EXECUTION

        --ERRORS:: IN RED COLOUR:: SYNTAX ERROR.

--WARNINGS:: IN GREEN COLOUR::IF STATEMENTS ARE NOT VALID 

                                          OR VALID STATEMENTS NOT USED THEN

                  WARNING WILL BE GIVEN BY SAS IN GREEN COLOUR.

--NOTE:: BLUE COLOUR:: IF PROPERLY PROGRAM EXECUTED OR NOT .

               --PROGRAM LINES:: BLACK COLOUR:: IN EDITOR WINDOW WRITTEN SYNTAX

                                                    WILL BE SEEN IN SAS LOG.

 ---3.OUTPUT WINDOW:: IT WILL GIVE THE OUTPUT( RESULTS )OF GIVEN PROGRAM OR SYNTAX

  

SAS STEPS::

---DATA STEP::

     --DATA STEP IS A STATEMENT ENDING WITH SEMICOLON (;) 

--RUN STATEMENT ALSO END WITH SEMICOLON(;)

EX:     DATA XXX;

            SET AAA;

             RUN;

---PROC STEP::

    --PROC STATEMENT ENDING WITH SEMICOLON ;

    --RUN ALWAYS END WITH SEMICOLON ;

EX:         PROC PRINT;

               RUN;

---OUTPUT STEP:: USING THE PROGRAM TO CREATE A NEW DATASET

                               TO GET THE OUTPUT PROGRAM

TYPES OF DATA:::

 ---CHARACTER DATA:: RAMESH  M XXXX

 ---NUMERIC DATA:: 112233445566778899  

 SYNTAX RULES:

 ---SYNTAX SHOULD NOT BE MISS SPELLED

 ---OPTION SHOULD BE USED IN PROPER ORDER

 ---PROGRAM WRITTEN IN PROPER ORDER

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