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What do you mean by functions and procedures in SAS?

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SAS Procedures: They PROCESS data in SAS data SETS to create statistics, tables, reports, charts, and plots, as well as to perform other analyses and operations on the data. All types of statistical analysis can be performed using SAS procedures. Execution of a procedure is TRIGGERED by the keyword PROC, which starts the step. Here are some SAS PROCs: 

  • PROC SORT
  • PROC MEAN
  • PROC SQL
  • PROC COMPARE
  • PROC REPORT
  • PROC FREQ, etc.

SAS Functions: There are many built-in functions in SAS that aid in the analysis and processing of data. You USE them in DATA statements. Different functions take different numbers of ARGUMENTS. Here is a list of SAS functions: 

  • SCAN()
  • NPUT()
  • SUBSTR()
  • COUNTC()
  • COMPRESS(), etc.


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