SAS 9.1.3 Language Reference: Concepts, Third Edition, Volumes 1 and 2

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macro environment

ARM macros 67

macro facility 6

macro functions

DATA step functions within 42

macro- related errors 156

macro variables

ARM macros with 57

_ARMEXEC 65

macros

ARM macros 55

mantissa 91

many-to-many relationships 393

many-to-one relationships 392

MARKUP destination 183

definition 178

markup languages 178

master data set 420, 427

match-merging data sets 397, 416

MAX operator 123, 206

memory

increasing for CPU performance 220

optimizing usage 220

menus

drop-down menus 285

pop-up menus 286

MERGE statement

match-merging 416

one-to-one merging 412

merging

match-merging 397, 416

one-to-one 396, 412

metadata LIBNAME engine 609

metrics

user metrics in ARM macros 63

MIN operator 123, 206

in WHERE expressions 206

missing values 5, 101

automatically set by SAS 104

character variables 104

checking for, in DATA step 108

generated by SAS 105

illegal character-to-numeric conversions and 105

illegal operations and 105

in raw data 107, 368

indexes 522

numeric variables 103

order of 103

printing in output 169

propagation of 105, 106

representing 368

setting values to missing in DATA step 107

special missing values 102, 106

special values in numeric data 368

updating data sets 422

modified list input 363

MODIFY statement

updating data sets 420

modifying data sets 389

tools for 389

multidimensional arrays 450, 457

grouping variables in 457

nested DO loops 457

Multiple Engine Architecture 469

multiple-pass access

engines 604

multiweek intervals 143