Creating a SAS data set using scripts in the editor window

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Step 0) Open SAS

Step 1) Place SAS commands in the editor window.
For example, these commands load the womenpower data on the book's CD

data womenpower;
input name $ age company $ position $;
datalines;
Fiorina 45 Hewlett-Packard CEO
Miller 46 Citigroup CFO
Meekr 40 MorganStanley Dir
Lazarus 52 Ogilvy&Mather CEO
;;;;

• "data womenpower;" creates a sas data set called womenpower. You should change "womenpower" to a name that describes your data.
• "input name $ age company $ position $;" gives a list of the variables names. There should be one variable name for every column in the data set and character (i.e., not numbers) variable should be followed by a "$" to tell SAS the type of varible to create.
• "datalines;" tells SAS where the data begins.
• "Fiorina 45 Hewlett-Packard CEO" is the first line of data. I've only give a subset here. You should copy and paste the entire data set just as it appears on the CD.

Step 2) Submit the SAS commands

• Use the mouse to highlight the commands in the editor window you wish to submit (or simply select all, control-A).
• Sumbit the commands by clicking run/sumbit or by clicking the "running man" icon on the top of the SAS window.

Step 3) Check the results

• The log file should read "The data set WORK.WOMENPOWER has 50 observations and 4 variables".