To create a simple SAS program, you can follow these steps:
1.Open SAS: Open the SAS application on your computer. The application should launch with a main menu screen. 2. Open the Program Editor: To create a new program, go to File > New > Program to open the Program Editor window. 3. Write SAS code: In the Program Editor window, type your SAS code. For example, you can write a simple data step to create a SAS data set:
data test;
input x y;
datalines;
1 2
3 4
5 6
;
run;
4. Save the program: Once you have written your SAS code, go to File > Save As to save the program. Give your program a name and choose a location to save it. 5. Run the program: To run your program, go to the Program Editor window and click the Run button (a green arrow icon). Alternatively, you can run the program by pressing the F3 key. 6. View the output: After the program has finished running, the output will appear in the Output window. In this example, the output will be a SAS data set called “test” that contains three observations and two variables (x and y).
That’s it! This is a basic example of how to create and run a simple SAS program. From here, you can build on this foundation to create more complex programs for data analysis and other tasks.