Put the Shortest SAS® Command to Work for You
Put the Shortest SAS? Command to Work for You:
How to Use X for Fun and Profit
Mark Menzie, Assurant Health, Milwaukee, WI WI-IL SAS UG June 24, 2015
WI-IL SAS UG
June 24, 2015
Milwaukee, WI
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What is X?
A. The first letter in Xylophone? B. A club drug? C. A way to extend SAS capabilities using the host operating
system? D. I don't know?
WI-IL SAS UG
June 24, 2015
Milwaukee, WI
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What is X?
A. The first letter in Xylophone? B. A club drug? C. A way to extend SAS capabilities using the host operating
system? D. I don't know?
WI-IL SAS UG
June 24, 2015
Milwaukee, WI
3
What is X?
X is a shell instruction that invokes the host operating system from within SAS. The X statement and X command are available in Windows, UNIX and Z/OS operating systems. The basic X format is:
X ;
A statement is an instruction from within your program while a command is issued from the command line of an interactive session. X is valid in either context. The X instruction is executed immediately when encountered in the program flow. X opens a command window for the host operating system.
WI-IL SAS UG
June 24, 2015
Milwaukee, WI
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Why use X?
The user may want to add functionality that is not supported in their current SAS installation. The X command presents one avenue through which the user can add functionality to SAS. X very conveniently simplifies and automates file management tasks.
WI-IL SAS UG
June 24, 2015
Milwaukee, WI
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