Introduction to SAS Programming 
Working with the Windows 

• Enhance Editor
• Result Window
• Log Window 
• Explorer Window 
• Output Window
• Program Editor Window

Basics Of SAS language

• SAS Libraries
• Data Sets 
• Creating a SAS Program
• Components of SAS Program 
• Characteristics of SAS Program
• Layout of SAS Program

Accessing Data 

• Use FORMATTED, LIST and COLUMN input to read raw data files
• Use INFILE statement options to control processing when reading raw data files
• Use various components of an INPUT statement to process raw data files including column and line pointer controls, and trailing @ controls 
• Combine SAS data sets using the DATA step 

Creating SAS data sets 

• Create temporary and permanent SAS data sets
• Create and manipulate SAS date values
• Control which observations and variables in a SAS data set are processed and output 

Data Step Processing

• Program Data Vector (PDV)
• Execution Phase and Compilation Phase
• Get Started with Output Delivery System ( ODS )

Statement Options

• Global Statements 
• Local Statements
• List Input 
• Modified Input
• Column Input 
• Named Input 

Managing Data 

• Exploring SAS data libraries using base SAS utility procedures
• Sorting observations in a SAS data set 
• Conditionally execute SAS statements 
• Use assignment statements in the DATA step
• Modify variable attributes using options and statements in the DATA step 
• Use SAS functions to manipulate character data, numeric data, and SAS date values
• Use SAS functions to convert character data to numeric and vice versa 

Combining SAS Data Sets

• Concatenation 
• One-One Merging
• Match Merging
• One-One Reading 
• Updating or Setting 

Conditional Statements

• IF & IF THEN statement 
• IF ELSE statement 
• Where condition
• Like , Into Statements
• Loops ( Do, While ) 

Writing Data to External Files 

• File Statement 
• Put Statement 

Introduction to SAS Functions
Generating Reports 

• Generate list reports using the PRINT and REPORT procedures
• Enhance reports through the use of labels, SAS formats, user-defined formats
• Generate summary reports and frequency tables using base SAS procedures

Debugging and Handling Errors

• Identify and resolve programming logic errors
• Checking for Errors, Warnings, Un-Initialization , missing values 
• Recognize and correct syntax errors
• Examine and resolve data errors 

Procedures 

• Proc Sort 
• Proc Transpose
• Proc Print, Proc Printto
• Proc Contents
• Proc Formats
• Proc Append, Proc Tabulate 
• Proc Options, Proc Report 
• Proc Import, Proc Export 
• Proc Freq 
• Proc Means 

Introduction to SAS Macro Language Elements

• Introduction to Macro Variables
• Automatic Macro Variables
• User define Macro Variables
• How Macro processing will undergo inside the SAS system
• Macro Statements
• Macro Functions
• Autocall Macros