SAS/BASE Procedures

The following procedures are documented in SAS Procedures Guide:

Data Analysis

CORR computes correlation coefficients between variables, including Pearson product-moment and weighted product-moment correlations.

FREQ produces one-way and n-way frequency and cross-tabulation tables.

MEANS computes simple univariate descriptive statistics for numeric variables.

RANK computes ranks for one or more numeric variables across the observations in a SAS data set.

SPELL checks the spelling of an external file. The procedure also maintains dictionaries.

STANDARD standardizes variables in a SAS data set to a given mean and standard deviation and produces a new data set containing the standardized values.

SUMMARY computes descriptive statistics on numeric variables and outputs the results to a new SAS data set.

UNIVARIATE produces simple descriptive statistics for numeric variables.

Data Management

APPEND adds observations from one SAS data set to the end of another SAS data set.

CATALOG manages the entries in a SAS catalog. With PROC CATALOG, you can display the contents of a catalog, copy a catalog or selected entries within a catalog, and rename, exchange, or delete entries within a catalog.

COMPARE compares the values of variables in two SAS data sets and reports the differences.

CONTENTS prints the descriptions of the contents of one or more files from a SAS library.

COPY copies an entire SAS library or selected members of the library.

DATASETS manages a SAS data library. With PROC DATASETS you can list, copy, rename, and delete SAS files, and manage indexes for SAS data sets.

SORT sorts observations in a SAS data set by one or more variables.

SQL implements the Structured Query Language (SQL), a standardized, widely-used language that creates, retrieves, and updates data in tables or in views based on those tables.

TRANSPOSE transposes a SAS data set, changing observations into variables, and vice-versa.

V5TOV6 converts members of a SAS data library or a file of formats from Version 5 to Version 6 on the same operating system.

Data Presentation

CALENDAR displays data in a month-by-month calendar format.

CHART produces line-printer quality vertical and horizontal bar chars, block charts, pie charts, and star charts.

FORMAT defines output formats for character or numeric values. User-written formats created using PROC FORMAT are now stored in a SAS catalog.

FORMS create mailing labels or other printer forms that have a regular pattern.

PLOT graphs one variable against another, producing a printer plot.

REPORT provides interactive report writing capabilities for building a variety of customized reports, from simple lists to cross tabulations to summary statistics.

PRINT prints list-style reports of the values in a SAS data set, using all or some of the variables.

TABULATE displays variables and/or descriptive statistics in hierarchical tables.

TIMEPLOT plots one or more variables over time intervals.

Data Access

CIMPORT enables importation of SAS data libraries, SAS catalogs and, in some cases, SAS data sets from other environments.

CPORT exports SAS data libraries, SAS catalogs, and SAS data sets.