Handbook of SAS® DATA Step Programming
"…covers a good number of topics attractive to SAS users. The strength of the book is a simple and straight-to-the-point approach taken by the author. Examples and a few exercises appearing at the conclusion of each chapter are very helpful in understanding the topics. It is a good source as a supplement to a textbook or a statistics course using SAS. … All of the code is written and explained very efficiently. Anyone interested in the topic will find this handbook very easy to follow."—The American Statistician, May 2014"Handbook of SAS DATA Step Programmingprovides a thorough introduction to the statements and functionalities of the SAS DATA step. The book can be used as an introductory tutorial for beginning SAS programmers or as a reference book for experienced users. … Many users of DATA step have a strong statistical background, but not all of them really try to understand DATA step as a programming language. TheHandbookcovers this gap and helps statisticians improving their programming efficiency using SAS DATA step."—Journal of Statistical Software, January 2014