Introduces the most commonly used features of the SAS programming language, including the DATA and PROC steps, inputting data, modifying and combining data sets, summarizing data, producing reports, and debugging SAS programs. New topics in the 4th ed. include ODS graphics for statistical procedures; SGPLOT procedure for graphics; creating new variables in PROC REPORT with a COMPUTE block; WHERE=data set option; SORTSEQ=LINGUISTIC option in PROC SORT; more functions, including ANYALPHA, CAT, PROPCASE, AND YRDIF"--P. 4 of cover.