SAS 9.1 Language Reference Concepts

V

V6 compatibility engine 603

values

registry and 238

variable attributes 78

format 79

index type 80

informat 80

label 80

length 79

name 79

position in observation 80

type 79

variable labels 80

variable length 79

CPU performance and 221

not explicitly set 81

variable lists 86, 456

name prefix 87

name range 87

numbered range 86

special SAS name 88

variable names 79

naming conventions 20

variable types 79

converting 84

not explicitly set 81

variable values 334

variables 5, 78

aligning values 85

ARM macros with 57

automatic variables 85

character variables 78

creating 80

creating with assignment statement 81

creating with ATTRIB statement 83

creating with FORMAT statement 82

creating with IN= data set option 83

creating with INFORMAT statement 82

creating with LENGTH statement 82

defining with INPUT statement 82

dropping 88

in expressions 116

in WHERE expressions 199

keeping 88

maximum number of 78

numeric variables 78

reading data sets 390

renaming 88

setting values to missing in DATA step 107

version compatibility 583

comparing SAS 9 to earlier releases 583

library engines and 584

SAS 9 file format 583

SAS 9 filename extensions 584

view descriptors 546, 572

views

I/O optimization and 217

level of protection 592

passwords with 592

WHERE expessions and 209

VIEWTABLE window 486

clearing subsetted data 321

creating WHERE expressions 317

editing cell values 320

labeling columns 313

moving columns 313

sorting column values 315

viewing data set contents 310