Week 5

Question 1

SAS INFORMANTS

Answer 1

Placed after variable name and ends with a .
Name $8. - 8 characters
DATE9.
Temp 5.1 - 5 width, 1 decimals
Used in a Format statement or in InPut line
Can do in data step or PROC print

Question 2

User defined formats

Answer 2

PROC FORMAT;
VALUE var 0=‘no’
1=‘yes’;
RUN;
Best after the lib name statement

Then link the new format to the variable in a data step using informant
FORMAT var fmtvar.;

Used in. PROC step link is local only

Question 3

PROC FORMAT

Answer 3

PROC FORMAT;
VALUE fmtname range-1= ‘text’;
VALUE $fmtname ‘text’ = ‘format text’;

To remove format, declare format in a VALUE statement, but don’t include ranges

DOLLARw.d - counts all characters
PERCENTw.d.
SSNw.
Zw.d leading zeros

Question 4

How to create a permanent format?

Answer 4

LIBNAME SASDATA ‘c://‘;
PROC FORMAT LIBRARY = SASDATA;
VALUE etc;
Run;

Question 5

How to use formats from the permanent library?

Answer 5

LIBNAME SASDATA “C://“;
OPTIONS FMTSEARCH = (Work. Formats library.formats);