Overview of SAS Programming

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This post has been designed to make you familiar with the basics of SAS programming. It aims at helping new users to get an idea of what the SAS software is all about and how to access it, and get you up and ready with SAS programming. At the end of this tutorial you would be well-acquainted with SAS basic syntax rules, entering data in SAS, variable types and running a program in SAS.

To make a career in analytics, really then you should focus on SAS programming as SAS is a world leader in softwares used for advanced analytics. To see real potential of SAS programming, just log into any job portal and search out the jobs required skill set of SAS. You would find a large number of jobs waiting for you if you know SAS.

SAS is an acronym of Statistical Analysis System.

What can SAS do?

SAS can:

1. It provides easy input, retrieval and maintenance of your data
2. It can read data from other external sources (Excel, CSV, Text files, Databases, Webpage etc)
3. You can work on exploring and manipulating data in SAS
4. It can analyze data statistically and mathematically. It gives many statistical techniques.
5. It can create beautiful graphs and tables
6. You can execute SQL queries on SAS datasets.
7. You can automate recurring tasks through SAS Macros.
8. You can develop brand new software applications.
 
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