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Reply-To:     Bill Blum <BBLUM@GRIFFIN.UGA.EDU>
From:         Bill Blum <BBLUM@GRIFFIN.UGA.EDU>
Subject:      MASUG (Metro Atlanta SUG) Winter Meeting

This is an invitation and reminder to all SAS users within reach of the
Metro Atlanta (Georgia) area that the 4th meeting of the Metro Atlanta
SAS User's Group will be held on:
            February 2, 1993
            4:30 pm until 6:00 pm
            Koger Center (Centers for Disease Control)
                  I-85 and Chamblee Tucker (inside the I-285 perimeter)
                  At the intersection of South Flowers and
                     Chamblee Tucker (the Rhodes Building)
Personal membership dues are $10 per year which entitles members to
a copy of "The LOG" (the MASUG newsletter) and discounts on any pay-type
MASUG functions (a multi-day user's conference is being planned).
If your organization/company wishes, it too can become a member for
dues of $25 per year - entitling a specified SAS user/point person
to receive 2 copies of "The LOG" which can be distributed to other
SAS users within your organization/company.

The program for the Winter meeting will include:
  a presentation by Mr. Michael Dudley of IBM Corp. giving a demonstration
     of OS/2 2.1 on an IBM PS/2
  a presentation by Mr. Steve Reading of SAS Institute on SAS for OS/2
     (the 32 bit version)
  and a networking/socializing/refreshments gathering.
Several SAS manuals will be given away as door prizes; all those attending
  those be eligible.

Even if you are not a MASUG member, we invite you to attend.

If you need additional information please contact any member of the
steering committee:

David Harris                  Bill Blum
(404) 329-7948                (404) 228-7247
American Cancer Society       University of Georgia, Ga Experiment Stn.
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George Matthews               Van Munn
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From: westk@ava.bcc.orst.edu (Ken West)
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Subject: (PC) SAS problem with dos 5.0 "x" to shell
Date: 12 Jan 1993 15:43:45 GMT
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I have a problem running sas 6.04 on dos 5.0, when I try to shell out to dos
my machine hangs.  If I type "x" it hangs, if I type "x dir" or any other
single command it works fine, if I type "x command" and explicitly execute
another command processor everything works ok.  What is going on??  Everything
worked fine under dos 4.01 or 3.3!  I can live with it for now but I want to
fix it for the long run.  Please help!

thanks in advance, please email.

ken

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Reply-To:     Andy Norton <76350.1604@COMPUSERVE.COM>
From:         Andy Norton <76350.1604@COMPUSERVE.COM>
Subject:      discard superfluous observations *HOW*?
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CONTENT:   Response
SUMMARY:   Counting within groups
REL/PLTF:  6.07.0304/CMS, 6.04/PC-DOS, beta 6.08/OS2
E-ADDR:    76350.1604@compuserve.com
NAME:      Andy Norton
ADDRESS:   Trilogy Consulting, 5148 Lovers Lane, Kalamazoo MI 49002 USA
PHONE:     (616) 344-4100
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Patrick Haggard asks
> My question: can anyone suggest a way to discard the excess
> observations in a SAS data step, and to number the remaining
> observations 1...n for each condition.

proc sort;
  by COND;
run;

data REDUCED;
  set;
    by COND;
  if first.COND then
     COUNT=0;
   COUNT+1;
   if COUNT <= &N;
run;

Where &N represents the desired number of observations in each cell.
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Date:         Tue, 5 Jan 1993 10:49:35 EST
Reply-To:     Frank Dane <FDANE@UGA.BITNET>
From:         Frank Dane <FDANE@UGA.BITNET>
Subject:      Match Merge Problem

Platform:  Windows 6.08 Developer's Version
Problem:   MERGE doesn't behave

I've got a data file on coronary arrests that looks like:

pt#  varA1 varB1 ncode ...
12    90    100   1
12    85    50    2
13    70    80    1

in which each subsequent appearance of the same pt# represents a
second (ncode = 2) or third arrest episode on the same patient.
I tried extracting all cases for ncode = 1 into one file, call it
code1, and then all cases with ncode = 2 into a second file,
code2.  When I tried a match merge in order to do some repeated
measures analyses, what I wanted was:

pt#  varA1 varB1 varA2 varB2
12    90    100   85    100
13    70    80     .     .

but what I got was:

pt#  varA1 varB1 varA2 varB2
12    90    100    .     .
12     .      .   85    50
13    70    80     .     .

Within files code1 and code2, pt# is a unique identifier and is
the only variable name common to both files.  Both code1 and
code2 have been sorted by pt#, although code2 contains only about
a third as many cases as code1.

The code was:

DATA people;
     merge code1 code2;
     by pt#;

Can someone tell me what went wrong. or suggest a better way to
accomplish what I want?

TIA,
Dr. Francis C. Dane, Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Psychology, Mercer University
Macon, GA  31207-0001  USA
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Reply-To:     Ted Greenstein <TED@SERVER.SASW.NCSU.EDU>
From:         Ted Greenstein <TED@SERVER.SASW.NCSU.EDU>
Subject:      Current Population Survey data step
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Is anyone aware of a publicly-available SAS data step written
specifically for the hierarchical files presented by the Current
Population Survey?

I have the CD-ROMs from the Census Bureau for the March 1989,
1990, and 1991 Annual Demographic Files. I'm perfectly capable of
setting up the data steps myself (I've done it for other CPS data),
but don't want to waste the time and effort if somebody else has
already done this.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.



Theodore N. Greenstein
307 1911 Building
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
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Raleigh, NC 27695-8107

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Reply-To:     Andy Norton <76350.1604@COMPUSERVE.COM>
From:         Andy Norton <76350.1604@COMPUSERVE.COM>
Subject:      user-defined macro functions?
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CONTENT:   Response
SUMMARY:   user-defined Macro functions
REL/PLTF:  6.07.0304/CMS, 6.04/PC-DOS, beta 6.08/OS2
E-ADDR:    76350.1604@compuserve.com
NAME:      Andy Norton
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PHONE:     (616) 344-4100
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John Mark williams asks if it is possible to write a user-defined
function in SAS, such as

> %let x = %amacro;

Others have answered, but let me throw in my two cents worth.

A macro can return a value which can be used in a macro statement.
    %macro INCRMENT (VAR);
       %eval(&VAR + 1)
    %mend INCRMENT;
    %let VARPLUS = %INCRMENT(2);
VARPLUS will have the value 3.

Macro-generated text need not be open-code (e.g. DATA step) text.
-----------------------
JMW also asks
> Alternatively what about
>    %amacro(x)
> where the value of x is altered within the macro and is available
> outside it.

Yes, this would work.
    %macro INCRMENT (VARNAME);
       %let &VARNAME = %eval(&&&VARNAME + 1);
    %mend INCRMENT;
    %INCRMENT (X)
As long as you don't try
    %INCRMENT (VARNAME)
because the macro variable VARNAME is local to macro INCRMENT.

The three ampersands tell SAS to resolve &VARNAME, and then to put an
ampersand in front and resolve it again.

You can access macro variable X from within macro INCRMENT because
macros can access variables from the calling environment (unless a
local variable has a conflicting name).

Note that typically when you want to pass in a value rather than a
macro variable reference, you resolve the value in the calling
environment:
    %M(&X)
This guarantees that &X refers to the macro variable X in the calling
environment rather than any macro variable X that may be locally
defined within macro M.

It can all get rather complicated.  It's not as controlled a situation
as user-defined functions in other languages.  The best place to start
learning is the book SAS Guide to Macro Processing.
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Reply-To:     Steve Marcus <SCM@HARVARDA.BITNET>
From:         Steve Marcus <SCM@HARVARDA.BITNET>
Subject:      sas -> 80 col ascii

thanks to all who replied to my query for methods to create an 80
column ascii file from a sas dataset. there are two nice macros in
the UICSTAT archives - DUMPSAS and EXPORT - that do just what I need.
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Reply-To:     TWB2%RatesRDS%FAR@CTS27.CS.PGE.COM
From:         TWB2%RatesRDS%FAR@CTS27.CS.PGE.COM
Subject:      re: Division by Zero in CMS pt. 2

Someone out there is getting abends on division by zero.  I suggest she run
proc options and check for ERRORABEND, or just add OPTION NOERRORABEND; at the
start of the job.  ERRORABEND is nice when you are testing a multi-step job,
the log stops after the first error, but it may be what is causing this
problem.

Tim Berryhill
Contract Programmer and General Wizard
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
TWB2@CS.PGE.COM
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Date:         Fri, 8 Jan 1993 20:37:23 EST
Reply-To:     William Kahn <71020.1025@COMPUSERVE.COM>
From:         William Kahn <71020.1025@COMPUSERVE.COM>
Subject:      SAS for accounting
Comments: To: sas-l@ohstvma.bitnet

Mark Schildhauer writes:

. . . <stuff deleted>. . .

>   Is anyone out there successfully using SAS, particularly
>on Unix servers networked via TCP/IP, to provide a complete
>administrative solution for an organization with thousands of
>employees and clients?

. . . <stuff deleted>. . .

We asked a similar question a year ago--when we were just starting the
design for moving our corporate accounting off of our mainframe.  Three of
us visited SI for a day and were given a very nice dog&pony show--clearly SI
wanted our business.  As we all know the SI adhoc analytic tools are superb.
The main weakness, and what killed it for us, was that SI is not a database
system.  Really important stuff like multi-phase commit and rollback is not
part of the system--you have to write all that stuff yourself which is
actually quite difficult (ideas aren't to bad but to actually make it work
in a complicated environment is tough).  My current belief is that you will
need a real database, not SAS.  If you discover otherwise I would love to
talk further.

If you use SAS to interface to a Sybase type back-end, will it do so
efficently?  If you end up just writing all your own Sybase code and sending
it to the back-end using SAS, what's the value of SAS?

Another weakness was the lack of standard prewritten accounting reports.
Accounting reports (payables, receivables, fixed assets, inventory,
taxes, payroll, benefits . . .) are actually complicated because of the
level of detail.  You are talking a bunch of money to write these modules
yourself.  Further, these functions are very standard--the IRS and CPAs
don't permit much innovation.  Buying these functions from a company who can
amortize the programming is much cheaper.  There were alot of companies
with accounting tools for standard database backends.

We plan to use SAS as a adhoc query tool for the data, but not the
day-to-day work.  The fact that SI uses SAS as their accounting tool (true?)
doesn't mean it is the tool of choice.

Good luck Mark--downsizing is a big project.

Bill Kahn <71020.1025@compuserve.com>
W. L. Gore and Associates



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Reply-To:     "R. Snyder" <rsnyder@LOBBY.TI.COM>
From:         "R. Snyder" <rsnyder@LOBBY.TI.COM>
Subject:      Re: dos 5.0 & SAS 6.0.4
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              93 10:31 am

SUBJECT:   DOS 5.0 and PC SAS 6.04
SUMMARY:   DOS 5.0 will add some conventional memory. More Expanded is better.
REL/PLTF:  6.07/HP300
E-ADDR:    rsnyder@lobby.ti.com
NAME:      Bob Snyder
COMPANY:   Texas Instruments, Sherman, TX
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>
> I was wondering, does anyone know (in short form) any advantages/
> disadvantages of using DOS 5.0 as opposed to DOS 3.3.  Basically
> should I upgrade and why ( not just upgrade for upgrade sake )?
> Also what is the maximum amount of expanded memory I can access using
> SAS 6.04.
> I have a 286 machine, with 2 Mb expanded memory ( I'm thinking of getting
> more memory ), and a math coprocessor.  Getting a new machine is not
> a realistic option.
>
> Tanks
> Jeff
>
Jeff,

I use DOS 5.0 with SAS 6.04 on 386 and 486 machines where it offers many
advantages. As far as an AT is concerned the only DOS 5.0 advantage that I
know of is the ability to relocate much of the DOS Kernal to the first 64K
of extended memory. This alone is probably worth it.

I don't know of any limits to SAS's use of expanded memory if the -ems all
option is in your config.sas file. I give SAS 10M of expanded memory on my
486 and it seems to use it all just fine.

Regards,
Bob
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Reply-To:     Janice Winchell <WINCHELL@KENTVM.BITNET>
From:         Janice Winchell <WINCHELL@KENTVM.BITNET>
Subject:      White Noise test stats in proc spectra

Would anyone out there be able to give me information on the two test
statistics generated by the WHITETEST options on Proc Spectra (SAS ETS 6.07)?

Specifically, when attempting to determine the probability associated with
either, what should be used as the degrees of freedom ?  The number of
observations in the time series ?  Or some combination of the number of
variables with the number of obs in the time series ?  I tried the Davis and
Bartlett references and did not find them helpful.

Tia

Jan Winchell
Systems Analyst
Academic Computer Services
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Subject:      Generalized Least Squares
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Is there a way I can do a simple, single equation, generalized least squares
estimation.  I'm running SAS/ETS version 6.07 under VMS.

Thank you for your assistance.

james zeitler
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From:         "R. Snyder" <rsnyder@LOBBY.TI.COM>
Subject: Re: MS-DOS 5.0 and Expanded Memory
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              6, 93 11:23 am

SUBJECT:   6.04 and DOS 5.0
SUMMARY:   High loading device drivers.
REL/PLTF:  6.07/HP300
E-ADDR:    rsnyder@lobby.ti.com
NAME:      Bob Snyder
COMPANY:   Texas Instruments, Sherman, TX
PHONE:     (903) 868-5799
FAX:       (903) 868-7240

Michael Davis writes:
>
> MS-DOS 5.0 also gives you the ability to load MS-DOS and device drivers
> in high memory, freeing conventional memory for programs that need it,
> such as SAS.  You need extended, not expanded memory, to use this feature.
>
If you have the required 64K of exTENDed you may load the DOS Kernal into
that UMB. However, the brands of 286 that allow device drivers to be loaded
high or the emulation of exPANDed memory in exTENDed memory are few. I
wouldn't count on either feature on an AT. SAS absolutely requires
exPANDed memory and will not use exTENDed memory.

Regards,
Bob
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Subject:      re: No messages being received

As you must know by now, yes.
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Reply-To:     Frank Dane <FDANE@UGA.BITNET>
From:         Frank Dane <FDANE@UGA.BITNET>
Subject:      Merge Problem solution

Thanks to all who provided solutions of varying complexity to my
problem with multiple duplicates from an attempted MERGE.

The embarrassing solution is that I was using the wrong variable when
subsetting the large file into its components.  I have two variables
with similar names--one produces duplicates in the subset and the other
does not. Merge was, in fact, working just as it was supposed to work,
but I was not dealing with the data subsets I thought I was.

I shall remain egg-faced for years,
Dr. Francis C. Dane, Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Psychology, Mercer University
Macon, GA  31207-0001  USA
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From: ph@physiol.ox.ac.uk (Patrick Haggard)
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Subject: THANKYOU: discard superfluous observations *HOW*?
Date: 7 Jan 93 17:29:32 GMT
Organization: University Laboratory of Physiology, Oxford University
Originator: ph@motor.physiol


Many thanks to the many people who gave helpful suggestions on how
to do this.  One person suggested randomising the order within the
group first, in order to avoid taking a biased subsample.  In fact,
I've run both the balanced and the unbalanced model: the results
are near-identical.

Thanks again.
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Reply-To:     Marsha Shepherd <ACMARSHA@ECUVM1.BITNET>
From:         Marsha Shepherd <ACMARSHA@ECUVM1.BITNET>
Subject:      IML problem

I have something strange happening with PROC IML under SAS 6.07, CMS
operating system.  I'm trying to run a large matrix.  I use the
WORKSIZE= option to increase memory but IML will not give it to me.
I ran in an 10 MB account with WORKSIZE=5000, IML said I requested
5 MB but only gave me 3.27 MB.  I ran the program in a 16 MB account
using WORKSIZE=8000, IML said I requested 8 MB but only gave me 3.76 MB.
Does anyone know why I'm not able to get IML to recognize a larger
memory request??


Thanks in advance.
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From: jmw@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au (John Mark Williams)
Subject: user-defined macro functions?
Organization: University of Tasmania, Australia.
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 00:55:53 GMT

Hi all,

Is is possible to write a user-defined function in SAS? Something that would
operate like:

%let x = %amacro;

where amacro will return a value. Alternatively what about

%amacro(x)

where the value of x is altered within the macro and is available outside it.

Many thanks,
--
John M Williams, 
School of Health Sciences, University of Tasmania
J.M.Williams@med.utas.edu.au

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Date:         Wed, 6 Jan 1993 19:07:00 +0000
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From:         astoner@MCIS.MESSIAH.EDU
Subject:      VSE SAS questions
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Hello all,
  I've been watching this list for a couple weeks now and haven't seen
much about SAS running on VSE. (Yes, I know it is an old operating system,
but that's okay, it's running on an old computer).  I'm new at programming
in SAS and there isn't really anyone else around here that knows much about
it.  The files that I am reading are VSAM files used by a library management
system (in this case KeyNOTIS).  The questions in this message don't have to
do with reading the files.  They have to do with the output.

  In our system the SAS ouput goes to the list queue before it is printed.
Every time I run a job I get two output files in the queue.  One is for
the actual SAS listing and the other is the program output.  In the file with
the reports though I am also receiving all kinds of extra garbage that the
people the reports are for don't care about.  Things like JCL and file format
things.  What I want to do is turn this off or direct it to another file in
the list queue.  Does anyone know if there is a way to do this?

  My other question: DELETE BECAUSE I SOLVED IT.

The version of SAS that I am using is 5.18.

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