Using Arrays in SAS Programming

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Using Arrays in SAS Programming Technical Paper i Using Arrays in SAS Programming Table of Contents Overview ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ . 1 Basic Syntax of the array 1 Basic array Example: Calculating Net Income ........................................ .................. 2 Using Arrays with Functions and Operators ........................................ ...................... 4 Common Tasks and Examples Using Arrays ........................................ ..................... 6 Assigning Initial Values to array Variables or Elements ........................................ ... 6 Specifying Lower and Upper Bounds of a Temporary array ..................................... 9 Creating a Temporary array .

do i=1 to 12; net_inc[i]=revenue[i]-exp[i]; end; The purpose of the DO group is to access each of the 12 elements in the arrays. In this DO group, the iteration value 1 is the START argument, whereas 12 is the STOP argument. With this method, you must change the STOP argument in your DO group whenever the number of elements in the array changes.

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