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Posted on: December 13th, 2007 at 10:13 am
By NHVTSUG
NOTE: This talk was postponed from an earlier date and is now rescheduled for the April 10, 2008 meeting.
SAS has a set of RX (”regular expression”) pattern matching and string manipulation functions. They provide a great deal more flexibility and power than string functions such as INDEX(), SCAN(), SUBSTR(), etc.in managing character strings. These functions enable one to locate, extract, and change character strings and are especially useful in situations of varying data patterns, formats (with a small “f”), and placement within your source data. This presentation is an introduction to the power of SAS pattern matching functions and will make use of a series of real-world examples to illustrate the utility of these functions
Biography
To improve patient care and public health through the effective use of information systems, Robert Rosofsky has been developing and implementing health information systems for over two decades in both the public sector and now as an independent consultant. He offers services in project management, systems analysis, SAS data management/ statistical programming, and SAS training. Meeting location and time please see here.
New Hampshire Vermont SAS® Users Group
please confirm your intention to attend by emailing nhvtsug@gmail.com