Book Contents		Master Index

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ECHOAUTO system option

EFI (External File Interface)

encryption

engine efficiency

EOF= option, INFILE statement

equal sign (=), reading raw data

error checking, combining SAS data sets

examples

importance of

sources of problems

tools for "Combining SAS Data Sets: The Essentials"

tools for "Error Checking When Using Indexes to Randomly Access or Update Data"

error handling, SAS system options for

error processing

data errors

DATA step debugger "Debugging with the DATA Step Debugger"

DATA step debugger "Overview of Base SAS Software"

error checking options

execution-time errors

format modifiers for

log control options for error checking

macro-related errors

multiple errors

out-of-resources condition

return codes

semantic errors

syntax check mode

syntax errors

system options for

ERROR statement

ERROR= system option

ERRORABEND system option

ERRORCHECK system option

ERRORS= system option

customizing SAS log contents

debugging programs

_ERROR_ variable

exclusion lists

executable statements

executables programs, reducing search time for

execution-time errors

expressions

AND operator

arithmetic operators

automatic numeric-character conversion

bit masks

bit testing constants

Boolean numeric expressions

Boolean operators

character comparisons

character constants

comparing character constants to character variables

comparison operators

compound expressions

concatenation operator

date constants

datetime constants

functions

hexadecimal notation "SAS Constants in Expressions"

hexadecimal notation "SAS Constants in Expressions"

infix operators

logical operators

MAX operator

MIN operator

NOT operator

numeric comparisons

numeric constants

operands

operators "Definitions"

operators "SAS Operators in Expressions"

OR operator

order of evaluation

prefix operators

SAS constants

scientific notation

standard notation

time constants

truncation

variables

WHERE expressions

External File Interface

external files

DATA step output

functions for

input to SAS programs

processing

reading

reading raw data from

referencing directly

referencing indirectly

referencing multiple files

referencing with filerefs

SAS system options for

writing

external routines