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F

F distributions

cumulative distribution functions

noncentrality parameter

probabilities from

probability density functions

quantiles

FACT function

factorials, computing

FAPPEND function

FCLOSE function

FCOL function

FDELETE function

FETCH function

FETCHOBS function

FEXIST function

FGET function

setting token delimiters for

FILE command, compared to FILE statement

File Data Buffer (FDB)

column pointer, setting

copying data from

current column position

moving data to

reading external files to

file information items, value of

file manipulation, with functions

file pointer, setting to start of file

FILE statement

compared to INFILE statement

FILECLOSE= data set option

FILEEXIST function

FILENAME function

FILENAME= option

FILE statement

INFILE statement

FILENAME statement

arguments

CATALOG access method

compared to LIBNAME statement

compared with LIBNAME statement, SAS/ACCESS

compared with REDIRECT statement

examples

FTP access method

host information

host options

SOCKET access method

URL access method

FILEREF function

filerefs

assigning

deassigning

definition

directories

external files "FILENAME"

external files "FILENAME"

external files "FILENAME"

output devices "FILENAME"

output devices "FILENAME"

pipe files

system-generated

verifying

files not found

searching autocall libraries for

files, master

updating

FILEVAR= option, FILE statement

FILEVAR= option, INFILE statement

financial functions

FINFO function

compared to FOPTNUM function

FINV function

FIPNAME function

compared to FIPNAMEL function

compared to FIPSTATE function

FIPNAMEL function

compared to FIPNAME function

compared to FIPSTATE function

FIPS codes, converting to

postal codes

state names

FIPSTATE function

compared to FIPNAME function

compared to FIPNAMEL function

FIRSTOBS= data set option

compared to FIRSTOBS= system option

FIRSTOBS= option, INFILE statement

FIRSTOBS= system option

fixed-point values

reading in Intel and DEC formats "IBRw.d"

reading in Intel and DEC formats "PIBRw.d"

writing in Intel and DEC formats

floating-point data (IEEE), reading

floating-point data, converting to hexadecimal

floating-point data, reading

floating-point data, writing

IBM mainframe format

IEEE

FLOATw.d format

FLOATw.d informat

FLOOR function

floor values

FLOWOVER option, FILE statement

FLOWOVER option, INFILE statement

FMTERR system option

FMTSEARCH= system option

FNONCT function

FNOTE function

FOOTNOTE statement

footnotes, procedure output

FOPEN function

FOPTNAME function

compared to FINFO function

compared to FOPTNUM function

FOPTNUM function

compared to FINFO function

format catalogs, search order

format decimal values, returning

arguments

variables

format names, returning

arguments

variables

FORMAT statement

compared to ATTRIB statement

specifying formats with

format width, returning

arguments

variables "VFORMATN"

variables "VFORMATW"

formats

applying

associating with variables "ATTRIB"

associating with variables "FORMAT"

byte ordering

categories of "Formats by Category"

categories of "Formats by Category"

character formats

character, specifying at run time

DATA step debugger and (example)

date and time formats

integer binary notation

international date and datetime formats

language for international dates

not found

numeric formats

numeric, specifying at run time

packed decimal data

permanent

returning "VARFMT"

returning "VFORMAT"

returning "VFORMATX"

specifying

specifying, wih ATTRIB statement

specifying, with %SYSFUNC macro

specifying, with FORMAT statement

specifying, with PUT function

specifying, with PUT statement

syntax

temporary

user-defined

user-written

zoned decimal data

formatted error messages

formatted input

formatted output

formatting characters

FORMCHAR= system option

FORMDLIM= system option

FORMS= system option

{fourth} 4th moment

FPOINT function

FPOS function

FPUT function

fractions, converting to

FRACTw. format

FREAD function

FREWIND function

FRLEN function

FRMDLIM= system option

FRMS= system option

FSEP function

FTP access

FTP argument

FILENAME statement, FTP access

functions

by category

COMB

CONSTANT

DATA step functions within macro functions

DATDIF

depreciation functions

descriptive statistic functions

DEVIANCE

FACT

file manipulation with

financial functions

for Web applications

JULDATE

pattern matching with RX functions

PERM

PROBBNRM

PROBMC

random-number functions

regular expression (RX) functions

restrictions on arguments

seed values

syntax

target variables

YRDIF

future value of periodic savings

FUZZ function

FWRITE function