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(SAS) Convert SAS dataset to Text file

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:20:12 GMT

This SAS macro will convert a dataset to a text file

(SAS) Exporting Multiple Data Sets to One Spreadsheet

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 07:32:29 GMT

It's easy to export several data sets to one Excel spreadsheet with each data set in a separate worksheet.This example exports three SAS data sets (work.region, work.county and work.district) to the same spreadsheet (results.xls).

(SAS) Store a zero value in place of missing when reporting numeric values

Sat, 22 Jan 2011 10:20:23 GMT

(Ruby) Strip characters from between two delimiters

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 04:00:58 GMT

This regular expression used in Ruby will extract the characters between single or multi-character delimiters. It helps when you have strange delimiters such as \":delimeter1: text I want to grab goes here :delimiter2:\"

(SAS) Create a new variable based on the first non missing value from a list of variables

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 02:55:10 GMT

(SAS) Retrieve the physical location of a dynamic dataset, file or folder in SAS

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:04:44 GMT

The PATHNAME function can be used to retrieve the physical location of a file or directory. This can be especially useful when reassigning engines for a libref using the Macro Language. Here we want to write a Version 6 copy of the data set CLASS to the same location as the MYDATA library, however in order to issue a new LIBNAME statement we need to know the location of the MYDATA library. The PATHNAME function returns this location and the new libref (MYDAT6) can be created.

(Bash) Create ISO files in Linux

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:22:30 GMT

(Ruby) Ruby vcard maker

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 13:27:32 GMT

Requires vPim package.

(Ruby) Ruby script to save a string to a file.

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 13:23:39 GMT

(Bash) Send email using mail command on linux

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:56:13 GMT

This command will email the contents of emailbody.txt to somebody@domain.com with the subject My subject line.

(Bash) Loop through Array in Bash

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:45:39 GMT

This creates an array of various linux shell names, loops through the array and ouputs a file called shell_locations.txt showing where the shells are located on the linux system.

(SAS) Show all possible values in table regardless of whether or not the value exists

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:19:46 GMT

Here are two solutions when creating a table to show responses to a questionnaire where respondents rate items in various categories. In this case, the responses range from 0 to 5 (N/A, Very Poor, Poor, Average, Good, Very Good).

(Bash) Backup your MBR on Linux

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:11:55 GMT

About the dd command: dd if= of= bs=("USUALLY" some power of 2, not less than 512 bytes(ie, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16384[/b], but can be ANY reasonable number.) skip= seek= conv=. Source is the data being read. Target is where the data gets written. Warning!! If you reverse the source and target, you can wipe out a lot of data. This feature has inspired the nickname "dd" Data Destroyer. Warning!! Caution should be observed when using dd to duplicate encrypted partitions.

(SAS) Create Access Database from SAS

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:08:21 GMT

(SAS) Reorder Variables in SAS

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:44:56 GMT

Use the Retain Statement to reorder variables. No data is lost and the variable attributes are kept. Works for SAS 8.2 and up.

(SAS) SAS Array Colon Modifier

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:05:01 GMT

Use the colon : modifier to build an array. The colon is like a wildcard. In this case, anything that starts with ash. SAS Arrays hold variable names which can be used during tedious procedures such as conditional loops.

(SAS) Delete observations containing characters and keep numeric values only

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:28:57 GMT

How to delete observations containing characters (e.g. 92z89 or abcd) and only keep the ones with numeric values.

(Bash) Unique Background Wallpapers for Workspaces on Linux

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:50:37 GMT

Bash shell scripts to control wallpaper backgrounds when switching between Ubuntu workspaces. (Other distributions can use it too). Take the below 2 scripts to make 2 separate files. Use gconf-editor to attach keybindings to run_command_1 and run_command_2. Set command_1 and command_2 to point to the appropriate files. See the URL for more details.

(SAS) Get SAS Version

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:32:25 GMT

Print the version of SAS to your logs using any of these 3 macros

(SAS) Convert values from character to numeric or from numeric to character

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:46:11 GMT

Original Source from http://support.sas.com/kb/24/590.html