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Reply-To:     Gail Gill <glg2@GTE.COM>
From:         Gail Gill <glg2@GTE.COM>
Subject:      Running out of space
Comments: To: sas-l%marist.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu

Hello fellow sas-lers,
  Once again a cry for help. I am trying to run a program without
much success. I seem to be running into a problem with space,
but when I run the program with a forked subprocess to show
available space on the work disk, I find that I have 720 megabytes
of space available. As you can tell below, I have dropped
unnecessary variables from the data set, but am still unable to get
anywhere. Are there any suggestions?
 I have included a portion of the program where it is blowing up.
Thanks in advance for any and all help.

Gail Gill
glg2@gte.com


The log file in part:
NOTE: Running on VAX Model 8820 Serial Number 114500A3.
 Welcome to the new SAS System, Release 6.06.

4          libname in1 'd07:[glg2]';
NOTE: Libref IN1 was successfully assigned as follows:
      Engine:        V606
      Physical Name: D07:[GLG2]
5
6            data one;
7              set in1.yopart;
8          drop dir zip contype concode mktno itmcnt itmseq discpgm discphs
9           clhdstrc clhdnum dsp spc tmk lst numbr column pts ;
10
11
12

NOTE: The data set WORK.ONE has 164179 observations and 34 variables.

13         proc sort data=one out=oneone;
14          by pubdte clasgrp cust;
15

ERROR: Error writing work file, possibly out of disk space.
ERROR: Host sort cannot be used.
ERROR: Host sort cannot be used.
ERROR: Host sort cannot be used.
NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
NOTE: SAS set option OBS=0 and will continue to check statements. This may cause
 NOTE: No observations in data set.
WARNING: The data set WORK.ONEONE may be incomplete.  When this step was stopped
 there were 0 observations and 34 variables.
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Date:         Wed, 2 Sep 1992 19:18:06 WST
Reply-To:     Richard Hockey <richardh@EPISUN.EPIDEM.UWA.EDU.AU>
From:         Richard Hockey <richardh@EPISUN.EPIDEM.UWA.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: SAS Work space in Unix
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In reply to the mail from <SAS-L@OHSTVMA.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU>...
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>I am wondering what other folks do who are running SAS under Unix with
>respect to temporary space for WORK etc.  We have ours pointing to a
>seperate file system so that if it fills up it does not affect other file
>systems, but still it is not a pretty site when it fills up!
>
>-phil
>
>--
>     J. Philip Miller, Professor, Division of Biostatistics, Box 8067
>	 Washington University Medical School, St. Louis MO 63110
>     phil@wubios.WUstl.edu - Internet  (314) 362-3617 [362-2694(FAX)]
>
We currently use the /var partition for work space but this is far from
ideal. Some colleagues use a directory off each users home directory
which I would imagine cause problems for users in the same file system
but at least then it may only affect some users if they are organised
into separate file systems for each project as we are.
We also use cleanwork supplied by SI by ftp which is run every night to
clean up the work area.
Cheers from freeeezing Perth. We just had our coldest spring day ever
15C and its still freezing.



| Richard Hockey                    email:richardh@episun.epidem.uwa.edu.au   |
| Department of Public Health       phone:+61 9 389-3463        _--_|\        |
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From: wafford@acsu.buffalo.edu (charlotte wafford)
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Subject: SAS Upgrade question
Date: 27 Aug 92 21:44:15 GMT
Organization: State University of New York at Buffalo/Comp Sci

Hi there!! 

I am new to SAS, so these questions may seem silly.  For an
RTFM reply, please cite the manual and command(s), please. :)

We are upgrading SAS from 5.18 to 6.07 under CMS.  When running
our macros under the new version, I have noticed the following
problems:

     The listings print 2 lines instead of one line, so that I have
     2 titles, 2 headers, duplicate data lines, etc.

Bargraphs are printed with several problems, 

           The fonts for the title and footnotes of the graphs
      are much smaller than what came out in the previous version,
      although the graph itself and the fonts for the graph axis
      are exactly the same.

           The spacing of the title and footnotes for the bargraphs
      is off.  They came out in the middle of the page before, now 
      they are all left justified.

Fortunately, the data all looks just the same, so it looks like
the fundamental computations are working.

Anybody have any ideas on what I can look at to solve these problems?
Have they changed carriage control defaults, font defaults, etc?
I find little in the manuals for this sort of problem, though I may
(probably :)) be looking at the wrong manual(s).

Thank you.

Charlotte Wafford
wafford@cs.buffalo.edu
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From: axpmw@acad2.alaska.edu
Subject: SAS Graphs - PIE Chart Patterns
Organization: University of Alaska
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 21:41:00 GMT

Problem: Pie chart with 1 value exploded - need to make the
     exploded slice pattern solid black.

I've tried using 10 pattern statements, and I can get the
1st  slice of 8 black, the 4 and 5th black, but can't
get anything else to work.  

Pattern2 color=black value=p3n0;
...
Pattern6 color=black value=ps;
etc.

I've tried moving the ps (pattern solid) from pattern2 to pattern7,
but nothing works.  It seems that for the exploded slide and the
2 slices that follow it grabs it's own sas default patterns. Nothing
I do changes these patterns.  I did try changing the colors, which
made the "other" slice (last slice) change but the exploded slice
stayed the same.

I'm using sas v6.06 on vax/vms - my output device is PSLL ...
I've check the log file, no errors listed that I can see!

I'm using the PROC GCHART for generating the pie from a PROC SUMMARY
output listing. Default pie fill is too dark and starts with pie slice
1 the darkest going to the light ... I guess this is the default but
I don't understand why I can't override this! ... The manuals say pattern99
is the limit... so I shouldn't be exceeding any limitations but
it sure seems like I can only define 5 of the slice patterns...

Any Ideas? Email me!  Thanks... Pam

(also with gplot sumuse*printer=month I get the total sumuse line but
the legend doesn't say "total" - just blank... because the Proc summ doesn't
label this one (just a "." in the .lis file) ... any ideas on how
to label this? Besides writing a text value to that specific spot on the
graph?)

Thanks...
-- 
Pam Woods                              Email:  Internet: axpmw@acad2.alaska.edu
University Of Alaska Anchorage                 Bitnet:   axpmw@alaska
System: A3000/25/40Mb/Wb2.04
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Date:         Mon, 24 Aug 1992 08:39:29 -0400
Reply-To:     "Paul A. Thompson" <pat@po.CWRU.Edu>
From:         "Paul A. Thompson" <pat@PO.CWRU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: discussion group for covariance structure modeling?
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>
>To: EDSTAT-L@NCSUVM.CC.NCSU.EDU
>X-VMS-To: NET::"EDSTAT-L@NCSUVM.CC.NCSU.EDU"
>
>Hi!
>
>I am currently in a group planning a fairly large study for this academic
>year in which we intend to use Covariance Structure Modeling (probably
>LISREL VI) to analyze the data, however, the PI is suggesting a design
>which I just don't know if LISREL can handle. [She wants to embed a
>within-subjects experimental manipulation into the design....were it
>between-subjects I could see where we could use stacked models...all of the
>literature that I can find on analyzing experimental designs using CSM
>talks about _between_ subjects!].
>
>I realize this is not the forum for this question, so I am asking if anyone
>knows if there is a LISREL or CSM  discussion group that I might
>pass this by, and how I might subscribe to it.
>                                                  Thanks!
>
I really think that this is straight-forward.  Remember, the multivariate
approach to repeated measures (MARM) places the different levels of the
repeated factor on the dependent side, and then uses contrasts among them
to test hypotheses.  This is what SEM does, except not as explicitely.
So, you must find a covariance structure which tests the MARM hypothesis,
which could be done by setting up the appropriate dummy variables, etc.
I am not really a SEM pro, so this is just a guess.

You may also wish to consult someone who is a pro.  Numerous choices
abound.  It may be the case that the SAS tech report re SEM (CALIS) has
an example relevant.

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Case Western Reserve University  | Cleveland, OH  44106
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Date:         Thu, 3 Sep 1992 10:32:00 EDT
Reply-To:     "Philip Gallagher,(919)966-7275" <UPHILG@UNC.BITNET>
From:         "Philip Gallagher,(919)966-7275" <UPHILG@UNC.BITNET>
Subject:      SAS manuals on IBM's Book Manager?

Dear, Decisive, Darling, and Daring Deb Cannon suggests that:

     " ...                   While I have no beef against SAS
     documentation per se, wouldn't it be great to have it all
     ONLINE?  With indexes (a Book Manager feature) , so you can search
     entire 'sets' of manuals for all existing verbage on a feature?
     IBM, I'm told, has left a door open for third-party documentation.
     Anyone heard how SAS is going to react to this?  Surely all the
     manuals are already in machine-readable format..... "

     =================================================================

     Deb has just proven that she is NOT an old poop, because
     it must certainly be true that all legitimate Old Poops
     remember how we used to joke in the Seventies that SPSS
     made its profit from the sale of manuals rather than the
     sale of software.

     Is there anyone who doubts that a major portion of SAS Institute
     revenue must come from manual sales?  (At least a major part of
     my professional expenses is attributable to manual purchases!)
     Since putting the manuals online would almost certainly mean
     markedly decreased manual sales income for SAS Inst., would that
     not be likely to result in further software price increases?

                     Great idea, Deb, I'd love to have
                     access to continuously updated SAS manuals,
                     but ...
                                Phil Gallagher, C.O.P.
                                uphilg@unc

C.O.P.  --  Certified Old Poop (on a good day, anyway)

On the other hand, maybe Jim & John would prefer to see us slogging
along with super manual access, even if it cost them profits?
That would certainly be their prerogative, I guess.
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From: UNCSM1@UNC.BITNET (Sally Muller)
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Subject: Correction SUNVIEW message...
Date: 31 Aug 92 16:05:00 GMT
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SUMMARY:  Correction to SAS/GRAPH SUNVIEW drivers posting
REL/PLTF: 6.07 SUN/OS
E-ADDR:   uncsm1@unc.bitnet
NAME:     Sally Muller
PH/ADDR:  919-962-6501  OIT CB#3455, UNC, Chapel Hill NC 27514
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Oops!!! In my last posting when specifying where the SAS/GRAPH
driver modules and device catalog entries for SUNVIEW drivers for
release 4.0 of SUN/OS on SUN4 systems (experimental release) live
at OIT SunSite, I said

To access SunSite via ftp:
ftp sunsite.unc.edu
login: anonymous

The SUNVIEW drivers are in the directory: /pub/SAS/SUNVIEW.

  MISTAKE MISTAKE MISTAKE MISTAKE MISTAKE  #################

Please use the directory: /pub/sas/sunview  LOWERCASE.....I
forgot that under UNIX, case is critical!  Sorry!
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Date:         Thu, 27 Aug 1992 07:27:24 EST
Reply-To:     Mark Keintz <MKEINTZ@PENNSAS.UPENN.EDU>
From:         Mark Keintz <MKEINTZ@PENNSAS.UPENN.EDU>
Subject:      Re: SAS time values
Comments: To: Deb Cannon 319-335-6321
              <ADPDKHTS%UIAMVS.BITNET@OHSTVMA.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU>,
              SAS-L@OHSTVMA.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU

>CONTENT:  question
>SUMMARY:  how to convert numeric to time values
>REL/PLTF: 5.18/MVS 6.06/MVS 6.07/MVS 6.06/OS/2 6.04/PC-DOS
>E-ADDR:   adpdkhts@uiamvs.bitnet
>NAME:     Deb Cannon
>PHONE:    319-335-6321
>----------------------------------------------------------------------

Deb:

Is it REALLY 4-byte (signed) packed as HH:MM:SSS?
If so you could save a little processing by reading the HH and MM
parts directly as UNSIGNED packed variables, and then read the seconds
as signed packed, sort of like the below.

   input   hh pk1.   mm pk1.   sss pd2.1;
   timevar=hms(hh,mm,sss);
   drop hh mm sss;

I assume that the three digit second field has an inplied decimal
point.  It may not matter however -- my documentation on the HMS
function discusses the "seconds" argument as an integer, and I haven't
tested whether it preserves the tenths-of-a-second value.

If your data (in hexadecimal) really looks like 0hhmmssF, and NOT
like hhmmsssF (that I assume above) then just use the PDTIME4.
format documented on page 657 of the Version 6 (first edition)
SAS Language reference manual.

Mark

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Date:         Wed, 2 Sep 1992 12:22:00 +0100
Reply-To:     Frank Poppe <POPPE@SWOV.NL>
From:         Frank Poppe <POPPE@SWOV.NL>
Subject:      Re: creating formats

 W.M. Wong asks how to create formats with data-statements.

 Look at the CNTLIN= option of PROC FORMAT.

 Frank Poppe
From: rsnyder@LOBBY.TI.COM (R. Snyder)
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Subject: Re: print dup records
Date: 28 Aug 92 17:53:21 GMT
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              "LYCACC%RITVM.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu" at Aug 28, 92 8:37 am

>
> I wonder if anyone knows a "easy" way to print duplicate records in a
> data set.  Proc sort has an option to drop duplicates, but nothing to
> keep the duplicates only.  I suppose I can use a do loop in DATA step
> to check for duplicates, but is there an easier way?  We are running
> SAS607 on MVS, and CMS.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Loyi
>
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Date:         Tue, 1 Sep 1992 15:31:52 CDT
Reply-To:     "Anup K. Roy" <anuproy@uiuc.edu>
From:         Anup Kumar Roy <anuproy@VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU>
Subject:      Re: SAS Work space in Unix
Comments: To: "J. Philip Miller" <phil@WUBIOS.WUSTL.EDU>

On Tue, 1 Sep 1992 09:02:39 CDT you said:
>I am wondering what other folks do who are running SAS under Unix with
>respect to temporary space for WORK etc.  We have ours pointing to a
>seperate file system so that if it fills up it does not affect other file
>systems, but still it is not a pretty site when it fills up!
>
>-phil
>
>--
>     J. Philip Miller, Professor, Division of Biostatistics, Box 8067
>	 Washington University Medical School, St. Louis MO 63110
>     phil@wubios.WUstl.edu - Internet  (314) 362-3617 [362-2694(FAX)]

On our campus AIX system (an RS/6000 POWERserver box), we also point to a
separate filesystem -- we call it "/scratch" -- and run jobs periodically to
clean out any scratch files that haven't been accessed in a while. We have
had to increase the scratch space significantly over the months; and, we
don't quite like our solution because so much unused disk-space sites idle
for so often. Oh well ... any better ideas, anyone?

- anup k roy, university of illinois at urbana-champaign

P.S.: I do believe in GOD; and, yet, I'm a Democrat!
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Date:         Wed, 26 Aug 1992 13:27:44 EST
Reply-To:     Anne Liang <GOVE036@TWNMOE10.BITNET>
From:         Anne Liang <GOVE036@TWNMOE10.BITNET>
Subject:      task like PROC PRINT

Hi, everyone

I've got a dataset which contains more than 100 variales and about 100
observations. Now I want to output it to text file with every 5 varaibles
occupying the whole 80-column page, each with width 16. The output is
something like the one when we use PROC PRINT instead, varaible names
appearing on the first line. However, the output produced by simply
applying PROC PRINT is not neat enough.

Can everyone see what I mean? I'm not sure it's clear enough but I've
done my best.

What are the possible solutions? The procedure which mimics PROC PRINT
is much preferred. Thanks in advance.

Anne Liang in Taipei Taiwan
From: theall@gdalsrv.sas.upenn.edu (George A. Theall)
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Subject: Libnames -> path names
Date: 3 Sep 92 18:30:54 GMT
Organization: Social Science Computing, University of Pennsylvania


  Hi! Does anyone have/know of code that translates library names into 
the underlying path names with SAS PC v6.04? 

Thanks in advance,

George
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Subject:      SAS date function
Comments: To: SAS-L@AWIIMC12.IMC.UNIVIE.AC.AT

dob_dt is a count of days. just add 15*365.25 to it.
From: zzalsrh@cms.mcc.ac.uk (Rob Hart)
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Subject: Bug in SAS 6.07 boolean expressions
Date: 2 Sep 92 13:07:44 GMT
Organization: Manchester Computing Centre
Originator: netnews@uts.mcc.ac.uk

Dear All,
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Date:         Thu, 27 Aug 1992 12:38:28 BST
Reply-To:     Sue Byrne <SBYRNE@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK>
From:         Sue Byrne <SBYRNE@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK>
Subject:      Summary of SAS GRAPH Dates on axes Responses
Comments: To: SAS-L@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU

I posted a query yesterday regarding SAS Graph and dates on axes,
a summary of which follows:

One of our users has written a SAS program to plot average temperatures
against dates for the time period 1Aug89 to 31July90.
The plot is produced fine, but the x-axis is automatically labelled with
the following values: 27JUL89 04NOV89 12FEB90 23MAY90 31AUG90.
The user would prefer the labels to be displayed
as the first of a month, eg 01Aug89 01Oct89 01Dec89 01Feb90 .. etc.
The question we are asking is how to get SAS Graph to allow us to specify
which actual date values are used to mark the x axis.

Thanks to the following people who mailed me with solutions:
Kernon Gibes, Steve Masters, Don MacQueen and Rodney.

The solution:
HAXIS='01Aug89'd TO '01Aug90'd by month
is extremely neat for displaying the first of each month on the axis.

Another solution:
HAXIS='01Aug89'd '01Oct89'd '01Dec89'd '01Feb90'd '01Apr90'd
      '01Jun90'd '01Aug90'd
is just what we want for displaying date information on the axis.

The facility to use the 'ddMONyy' form of a date within the axis
specification is described in SAS Graph Reference Version 6 Manual,
Volume 1, pages 224 to 226.

Regards, Sue Byrne
University of Liverpool,
England, U.K.
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Date:         Tue, 1 Sep 1992 07:53:09 EDT
Reply-To:     Howard Schreier <HIS@NIHCU.BITNET>
From:         Howard Schreier <HIS@NIHCU.BITNET>
Subject: Re: FLOWOVER problem with comma delimited data
Comments: cc: oldenkmp@ESPRESSO.BOEING.COM

CONTENT:  Response
SUMMARY:  Fields cannot straddle records, even with FLOWOVER

> Ok, this has got to be simple but I must be having a bad day and am
> RTFMing cross eyed.
>
> The user has comma delimited data where some of the data may
> wrap-around to the next line.  Here is a simplified example:
>
> data test01;
>  length v1-v4 $ 11;
>  infile cards delimiter=',' flowover;
>  input v1 v2 v3  v4 @@ ;
>  cards;
> one one,two two,three three,four four,
> one one,two two,three three,four
>  four,one one,two two,three three,four four,
> one one,two two,three three,four four,
> ;;
>
> This produces the following output:
>
>         OBS    V1             V2             V3             V4
>
>          1     one one        two two        three three    four four
>          2                    one one        two two        three three
>          3     four           four           one one        two two
>          4     three three    four four                     one one
>          5     two two        three three    four four
>
> instead of the desired:
>
>              OBS      V1         V2           V3            V4
>
>               1     one one    two two    three three    four four
>               2     one one    two two    three three    four four
>               3     one one    two two    three three    four four
>               4     one one    two two    three three    four four
>
> What am I doing wrong?  How can I read such a file?

My understanding of INPUT behavior is  that  the  end  of  a
record  is  always  a  field  terminator.  So, each trailing
comma in your cards implies an additional field, between the
comma  and  the end of the record, which generates a missing
value.  Another implication is that a field cannot  straddle
two records.

I'm afraid that this data set cannot be built with a  simple
INPUT statement.

By the  way,  FLOWOVER  is  the  default  (alternatives  are
MISSOVER  and  STOPOVER),  so  coding  it  explicitly really
doesn't change anything.

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