The power of PROC Format

Jonas V. Bilenas9781590475737, 1-59047-573-9

This tutorial steps through processes which are important for beginning to intermediate SAS users to learn in order to understand the FORMAT procedure. With real-world examples and solutions practitioner Bilenas introduces SAS informats and formats, defines when to use PROC FORMAT, and covers the VALUE and INVALUE statements, PICTURE statements, DATA step applications, the MULTILABEL option and also describes managing format catalogs.