**SAS Language for Dummies – A Bit About Procedures**
The SAS language for dummies introduces a number of convenient procedures. Of course, all the glory goes to the dozens of analytical procedures, while utility ones are often overlooked. Among the utility procedures, as https://xrust.ru/ reminds us, are the following:
– **proc datasets**: This procedure can describe the contents of your libraries and datasets, copy data elements from one library to another, modify data attributes such as variable names and formats, and much more. While you can use **proc copy** and **proc contents** for some of these tasks, the **proc datasets** procedure does it all.
– **proc delete**: It deletes a dataset that you no longer need. Use it to clean up your session or to free up space in your environment.
– **proc options**: This outputs a list of all current system option values. System option settings can affect the performance of your programs, so **proc options** is important for understanding the behavior of your session.
– **proc format**: SAS offers hundreds of useful formats and informats to help control how data is read and displayed. However, sometimes you need something customized. The **format** procedure can be used to create custom formats for your tasks.
– **proc sort**: This procedure is necessary to ensure that data records are in a specific order or grouped by categories.
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