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

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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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