SAS® Certification Prep Guide: Base Programming for SAS®9 Second Edition

Chapter 16. Processing Variables with Arrays

• Overview 494

  • Introduction 494

  • Objectives 494

• Creating One-Dimensional Arrays 495

  • Understanding SAS Arrays 495

  • Defining an Array 495

  • Specifying the Array Name 496

  • Specifying the Dimension 496

  • Specifying Array Elements 497

  • Variable Lists as Array Elements 497

  • A Numbered Range of Variables 497

  • All Numeric Variables 498

  • All Character Variables 498

  • All Variables 498

  • Referencing Elements of an Array 498

  • Compilation and Execution 501

  • Graphical Display of Array Processing 502

  • Using the DIM Function in an Iterative DO Statement 502

• Expanding Your Use of Arrays 503

  • Creating Variables in an ARRAY Statement 503

  • Default Variable Names 504

  • Arrays of Character Variables 505

  • Assigning Initial Values to Arrays 506

  • Creating Temporary Array ...