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1. SAS USER DEFINED FORMAT
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2. SAS Format
SAS Defined Format
• These formats are present in SAS, user
can use this directly.
User Defined Format
• Users are able to create the format as
required and then those can be used in
“Proc” & “Data” step.
SAS Format
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3. SAS User Defined Format
Syntax :
PROC FORMAT;
VALUE format-name range 1= ‘ label’
range 2= ‘ label’
…..;
RUN;
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4. SAS User Defined Format
Example :
PROC FORMAT;
VALUE $grade AA = ‘ Very Good’
A+= ‘Good’
B = ‘ Fair’
C = ‘Bad’ ;
RUN;
PROC FORMAT;
VALUE race 1= ‘ Asian’
2= ‘American’
3= ‘African’
4=‘Unknown’;
RUN;
Numeric
Character
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5. Format Name:
<$> format<w>.<d>
Indicates a
character
format
Format Name
Total width (including decimal
places and special characters)
Required
delimiter
Number of
decimal
places
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6. Proc print data=input_dataset;
Format variable_name $grade.;
Additional SAS statements;
Run;
Data output_dataset;
Set input_dataset;
Format variable_name race.;
Additional SAS statements;
Run;
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7. THANK YOU!
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