Book Contents		Master Index

B

backup files

base version

batch mode

BETWEEN-AND operator

big endian platforms

formats

informats

binary data, reading as raw data

binary informats, reading raw data

bit masks

bit testing constants

bitwise logical operators

Boolean numeric expressions

Boolean operators

buffers, I/O performance optimization

BUFNO= system option

BUFSIZE= system option

BY statement

BY-group processing

FIRST.variable "Definitions"

FIRST.variable "How the DATA Step Identifies BY Groups"

groups by formatted values

groups in ascending order

groups in descending order

groups in no order

identifying BY groups

invoking

LAST.variable "Definitions"

LAST.variable "How the DATA Step Identifies BY Groups"

preprocessing, determining need for

preprocessing, indexing

preprocessing, sorting

syntax

with multiple BY variables

with single BY variable

BYERR system option

byte ordering

formats

informats