SAS

SAS, aka Statistical Analysis System, is a programming language created in 1976 by Anthony James Barr.

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The SAS language is a computer programming language used for statistical analysis, created by Anthony James Barr at North Carolina State University. It can read in data from common spreadsheets and databases and output the results of statistical analyses in tables, graphs, and as RTF, HTML and PDF documents. The SAS language runs under compilers that can be used on Microsoft Windows, Linux, and various other UNIX and mainframe computers. Read more on Wikipedia...

SAS website
SAS Wikipedia page
SAS docs
There are at least 8,407 SAS repos on GitHub
PLDB estimates there are currently 5k job openings for SAS programmers.
file extensions for SAS include sas and SAS
SAS on Twitter
The Google BigQuery Public Dataset GitHub snapshot shows 1k users using SAS in 1k repos on GitHub
There are 7,963 members in the SAS subreddit
There are 54 Project Euler users using SAS
Explore SAS snippets on Rosetta Code
SAS on HOPL
SAS ranks #21 in the TIOBE Index
Pygments supports syntax highlighting for SAS
GitHub supports syntax highlighting for SAS
There is 1 Jupyter Kernel for SAS
Frequently Asked Questions for SAS
Indeed.com has 1,160 matches for "sas programmer".
sas.com was registered in 1990
See also: (2 related languages)HTML, Linux
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Example from hello-world:

%macro putit( string= ); 
     %put &string; 
     %mend; 

%putit(string=Hello World)

Example from the Hello World Collection:

/* Hello world in SAS */

* Writes as output title;
TITLE "Hello World!";
* writes to the log;
data _null_;
    PUT "Hello world!";
run;

Example from Linguist:

/* Example DATA step code for linguist */

libname source 'C:\path\to\file'

data work.working_copy;
	set source.original_file.sas7bdat;
run;

data work.working_copy;
	set work.working_copy;
	if Purge = 1 then delete;
run;

data work.working_copy;
	set work.working_copy;
	if ImportantVariable = . then MissingFlag = 1;
run;

Feature	Supported	Token	Example
Case Insensitive Identifiers	✓
Line Comments	✓	*	* A comment
MultiLine Comments	✓	/* */	/* A comment */
Comments	✓
Semantic Indentation	X

title	author	year	reviews	ratings	rating
Learning SAS by Example: A Programmer's Guide	Ron Cody	2007	9	127	4.29
SAS For Dummies	Stephen McDaniel	2007	4	28	3.57

Books about SAS from ISBNdb

title	authors	year	publisher
Applied Statistics and the SAS Programming Language	Cody, Ron and Smith, Jeffrey	2005	Pearson
Quick Start to Data Analysis with SAS	DiIorio, Frank and Hardy, Kenneth A.	1995	Duxbury Press
Learning SAS in the Computer Lab (Advanced (Cengage Learning))	Elliott, Rebecca J. and Morrell, Christopher H.	2009	Duxbury Press
SAS Macro Programming Made Easy, Third Edition	Burlew, Michele M.	2014	SAS Institute
SAS for Data Analysis: Intermediate Statistical Methods (Statistics and Computing)	Marasinghe, Mervyn G. and Kennedy, William J.	2008	Springer
SAS Certification Prep Guide: Advanced Programming for SAS 9, Third Edition	SAS Institute	2011	SAS Institute
SAS Certification Prep Guide: Advanced Programming for SAS 9	SAS Publishing	2007	SAS Publishing
SAS Programming 2: Data Manipulation Techniques	Davetta Dunlap	2013
SAS programming with Medicare administrative data	Gillingham, Matthew (author.)		Sas Institute
The SAS Workbook	Cody	1996	SAS Institute
The Little Sas Book	Lora D. Delwiche and Susan J. Slaughter	2012	Sas Institute
Stock Market Analysis Using the SAS System: Portfolio Selection and Evaluation	Institute, SAS	2008	SAS Institute
Applied Statistics and the Sas Programming Language	Cody, Ronald P. and Smith Jeffrey K. and Smith, Jeffrey K.	1991	Appleton & Lange
Introduction To Programming Concepts Using Sas Software Course Notes	Unknown	2000	Sas Inst
SAS Certification Prep Guide	Frank Voehl; H. James Harrington; Rick Fernandez; Brett Trusko	20180905	SAS Institute Inc.
Sas 9 Study Guide: Preparing For The Base Programming Certification Exam For Sas 9	Ali Hezaveh	2007	Wiley-interscience
Sas Applications Programming: A Gentle Introduction	Frank C. Diiorio	1997	Duxbury Resource Center
Sas Programming I: Essentials Course Notes	SAS institute	2000	Sas Inst
SAS Graphics for Java: Examples Using SAS AppDev Studio and the Output Delivery System (SAS Press)	Wendy Bohnenkamp and Jackie Iverson	2007	SAS Institute
SAS Programming for Elementary Statistics	Goad, Carla L.	2020	Routledge
SAS Certified Specialist Prep Guide	Lori M. Poloni-Staudinger; Michael R. Wolf	20190211	SAS Institute Inc.
SPSS Programming and Data Management: A Guide for SPSS and SAS Users, 3rd Edition	Raynald Levesque and SPSS Inc.	2021	SPSS Inc.
SAS Programming 1: Essentials: Course Notes	SAS	2006	SAS Institute,
Sas 9.1 Sql Procedure User's Guide	Inc Sas Institute and Sas Institute	2004	Sas Institute
Mastering SAS Programming for Data Warehousing: An advanced programming guide to designing and managing Data Warehouses using SAS	Wahi, Monika	2020	Packt Publishing
An Array of Challenges Test Your SAS Skills	Virgile, Robert	2008	SAS Institute
R for SAS and SPSS Users (Statistics and Computing)	Muenchen, Robert A.	2011	Springer
Static Analysis: First International Static Analysis Symposium, SAS '94, Namur, Belgium, September 28 - 30, 1994. Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 864)		1994	Springer
SAS Visual Analytics for SAS Viya	SAS Institute Inc.	20201207	SAS Institute Inc.
Professional SAS Programming Logic	Aster, Rick	2000	Breakfast Communications Corp
Sas Applications Programming: A Gentle Introduction	Frank C Diiorio	1991	Pws-kent Publishing Co, Us
SAS SQL Procedure User's Guide,Version 8	SAS Institute Staff and Publishing SAS Publishing and SAS Publishing	2000	SAS Institute,
SAS Hash Object Programming Made Easy	Burlew, Michele M.	2012	SAS Institute
SAS Graphics for Clinical Trials by Example	Kriss Harris; Richann Watson	20201125	SAS Institute Inc.
End-to-End Data Science with SAS	James Gearheart	20200626	SAS Institute Inc.
Step-by-Step Programming with Base SAS 9.4	SAS Institute	20170106	SAS Institute Inc.
Sas Programming Iii: Advanced Techniques Instructor-based Training	Sas	2005	Sas
PROC REPORT by Example: Techniques for Building Professional Reports Using SAS	Fine, Lisa	2013	SAS Institute
Sas Interview Questions You'll Most Likely Be Asked (job Interview Questions Series)	Publishers, Vibrant	2018	Vibrant Publishers
SAS Certified Specialist Prep Guide: Base Programming Using SAS 9.4		2019-02-11T00:00:01Z	SAS Institute
Data Analysis Using SAS	Peng, Chao-Ying Joanne	2008	SAGE Publications, Inc
SAS for Epidemiologists: Applications and Methods	DiMaggio, Charles	2012	Springer
Learning SAS by Example: A Programmer's Guide	Cody, Ron	2007	SAS Institute
Statistical Programming in SAS	Bailer, John	2015	SAS Institute
SAS Certification Prep Guide: Base Programming for SAS 9, Third Edition		2015-09-04T00:00:01Z	SAS Institute
SAS Certification Prep Guide: Base Programming for SAS 9, Fourth Edition	Institute, SAS	2017-12-01T00:00:01Z	SAS Institute
SAS Clinical Programming: In 18 Easy Steps	Prasad, Y. Lakshmi	2014	Notion Press
SAS Certified Professional Prep Guide: Advanced Programming Using SAS 9.4		2019-10-16T00:00:01Z	SAS Institute
Practical and Efficient SAS Programming: The Insider's Guide	Messineo, Martha	2017	SAS Institute
SAS Programming in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Second Edition	Shostak, Jack	2014-03-01T00:00:01Z	SAS Institute
SAS Certified Professional Prep Guide: Advanced Programming Using SAS 9.4	Sas and Sas Institute	2019	SAS Institute
R for SAS and SPSS Users (Statistics and Computing)	Muenchen, Robert A.	2011	Springer
SAS Certified Specialist Prep Guide: Base Programming Using SAS 9.4		2019-02-11T00:00:01Z	SAS Institute
Discovering Statistics Using SAS	Field, Andy and Miles, Jeremy	2010	SAGE Publications Ltd
SAS Programming 2: Data Manipulation Techniques Course Notes	SAS	2008	SAS Institute
Multiple Imputation of Missing Data Using SAS	Berglund, Patricia and Heeringa, Steven G.	2014	SAS Institute
SAS Certification Prep Guide: Advanced Programming for SAS9, Fourth Edition		2015	SAS Institute
SAS Essentials: A Guide to Mastering SAS for Research	Elliott, Alan C. and Woodward, Wayne A.	2009	Jossey-Bass
Statistical Programming in SAS	Bailer, A. John	2019	Chapman and Hall/CRC
Big Data Analytics with SAS: Get actionable insights from your Big Data using the power of SAS	Pope, David	2017	Packt Publishing
Conducting Meta-Analysis Using SAS (Multivariate Applications Series)	Winfred Arthur Jr. and Winston Bennett Jr. and Allen I. Huffcutt	2001	Psychology Press
Beginning SAS Programming: a true beginner's guide for learning SAS	Guo, Yufeng	2015-06-04T00:00:01Z	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Applied Statistics and the SAS Programming Language	Cody, Ronald P. and Smith, Jeffrey K.	1997	Prentice Hall
SAS Certification Prep Guide SAS Certification Prep Guide: Advanced Programming for SAS 9, Second Edition	SAS Publishing	2009	SAS Publishing
Cody's Collection of Popular SAS Programming Tasks and How to Tackle Them	Cody, Ron	2012	SAS Institute
Professional SAS Programmer's Pocket Reference	Rick Aster	2011	Breakfast Communications Corporation
Statistical Programming in SAS	Bailer, A. John	2019	Routledge
SAS Programming in the Pharmaceutical Industry	Jack Shostak	2005-09T	SAS Publishing
SAS Programming for Enterprise Guide Users, Second Edition	Constable, Neil	2010-08-25T00:00:01Z	SAS Institute
SAS Programming in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Second Edition	Shostak, Jack	2018	SAS Institute
SAS Programming by Example	Ronald P. Cody and Ray Pass	1995	SAS Publishing
SAS Certification Prep Guide: Base Programming for SAS 9, Second Edition	SAS Publishing	2009	SAS Publishing
Step-by-Step Programming with Base SAS 9.4, Second Edition		2017	SAS Institute
Using SAS for Principles of Econometrics, 4th Edition	Hill, R. Carter	2012	Wiley
Data Quality for Analytics Using SAS	Svolba, Gerhard	2012	SAS Institute
SAS Macro Programming Made Easy, Second Edition	Michele M. Burlew	2006	SAS Publishing
SAS Certification Prep Guide: Base Programming for SAS 9	SAS	2006	SAS Publishing
Step-By-Step Programming With Base SAS Software	Institute, SAS	2008-12-03T00:00:01Z	SAS Institute
Professional SAS Programming Shortcuts: Over 1,000 Ways to Improve Your SAS Programs	Aster, Rick	2005	Breakfast Communications Corp
SAS Programming 2: Data Manipulation Techniques	SAS Institute Inc.	2015-03-20	SAS Institute Inc.
Basic Statistics Using SAS Enterprise Guide:: A Primer	Der, Geoff and Everitt, Brian S.	2007	SAS Institute
SAS Macro Programming Made Easy	Burlew, Michele M.	1998	SAS Publishing
SAS Applications Programming: A Gentle Introduction (Duxbury Series in Statistics & Decision Sciences)	DiIorio, Frank C.	1991	Cengage Learning
SAS Programming and Data Visualization Techniques: A Power User's Guide	Holland, Philip R.	2015	Apress
Applied Statistics and the SAS Programming Language (5th Edition) (Chinese Edition)	[Mei]Luo Na De·Ke Di Ling Jie Fu Li·Shi Mi Si	2011-07-01T00:00:01Z	Posts and Telecom Press
SAS for Monte Carlo Studies: A Guide for Quantitative Researchers	Fan Ph.D., Xitao	1998	SAS Institute
Getting Started with SAS Programming: Using SAS Studio in the Cloud (Hardcover edition)	Cody, Ron	2021	SAS Institute
SAS Macro Programming Made Easy, Third Edition	Burlew, Michele M.	2018	SAS Institute
Bayesian Analysis of Item Response Theory Models Using SAS	Stone, Clement A. and Zhu, Xiaowen	2015	SAS Institute
Big Data, Big Innovation: Enabling Competitive Differentiation through Business Analytics (Wiley and SAS Business Series)	Stubbs, Evan	2014	Wiley
SAS for Data Analysis: Intermediate Statistical Methods (Statistics and Computing)	Marasinghe, Mervyn G. and William J. Kennedy	2008	Springer
SAS Programming 1:Essentials Course Notes	Bennett	2021	SAS Institute Inc.
Practical Statistical Methods: A SAS Programming Approach	Padgett, Lakshmi	2016	CRC Press
Data Mining Using SAS Enterprise Miner	Matignon, Randall	2007	Wiley-Interscience

title	authors	year	citations	influentialCitations
Applied Statistics and the SAS Programming Language	R. Cody and Jeffrey K. Smith	1986	465	33
What is the SAS System	P. Herzberg	1990	100	16
Applied statistics and the SAS programming language (2nd ed.)	R. Cody and Jeffrey K. Smith	1986	97	10
Static Analysis, 14th International Symposium, SAS 2007, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, August 22-24, 2007, Proceedings	H. R. Nielson and G. Filé	2007	57	0
SAS for Data Analysis: Intermediate Statistical Methods	W. Hartmann	2008	17	0
Applied Statistics and the SAS® Programming Language, Statistical Analysis of Medical Data Using SAS		2006	7	1
Applied Statistics And The Sas Programming Language	Steffen Beich	2016	6	1
Introduction to the SAS Language	M. Marasinghe and W. J. Kennedy	2008	1	0
Automated Test Assembly Using SAS Operations Research Software in a Medical Licensing Examination	Can Shao and Silu Liu and H. Yang and Tsung-hsun Tsai	2020	1	0
%PROC_R: A SAS Macro that Enables Native R Programming in the Base SAS Environment	Xin Wei	2012	1	0

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