SAS 9.1.3 Language Reference: Concepts, Third Edition, Volumes 1 and 2
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sending through SMTP 623
encodings 38
encryption 598
audit trails with 599
copies with 599
example 598
generation data sets with 599
indexes with 599
engines
access patterns 604
asynchronous I/O 605
characteristics of 603
CVP engine 608
data set access 602
definition 601
files and 602
I/O optimization and 218
indexing 605
interface DATA step engine 577
levels of locking 604
LIBNAME engine 573
library engines 606
metadata LIBNAME engine 609
read/write activity 604
SAS XML LIBNAME engine 609
specifying 601
task switching 605
entries 468
_ERROR_ automatic variable 86
error checking
combining data sets 400
examples 429, 432
indexes and 428
KEY= option and 432
tools for 428
error processing 147, 156
log control options 159
multiple errors 157
return codes 159
syntax check mode 156
system options for 158
ERROR statement
writing to log with 165
errors
data errors 154
execution-time errors 151
format modifiers for error reporting 156
logic errors 159
macro- related errors 156
semantic errors 150
summary of 147
syntax errors 148
types of 147
Excel
copying data sets to 312
exclusion lists 190
destinations for output objects 191
executable files
reducing search time for 220
executable statements 69
execution phase (DATA step) 332
execution-time errors 151
out-of-resources condition 152
explicit catalog concatenation 568
Explorer
backing up SASUSER registry 240
configuring with registry 247
Explorer window 291
assigning filerefs 293
copying data sets 294
creating and saving programs 297
opening files 296
renaming files 295
sorting files 296
viewing file details 295
exponent 91
Export Wizard 324
exporting data
Export Wizard for 324
expressions 110
automatic numeric-character conversion 116
Boolean numeric expressions 123
character comparisons 120
compound expressions 110
constants in 110
examples 110
functions 117
logical (Boolean) operators and 121
operators in 117
order of evaluation 124
regular expressions (RX) 45
simple expressions 110
variables in 116
WHERE expressions 110
external files 5, 615
as DATA step output 13
input to SAS programs 12
processing 620
reading 619
reading raw data 362
referencing directly 616
referencing indirectly 616
referencing multiple files 617
referencing with FILENAME access methods 618
writing 619