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Data Science

Variable Names in SAS and R Have Different Restrictions and Rules

Posted on by Monika Wahi
You need to come up with names of variables in SAS and in R, but they need to be compatible with both languages if you are running a data warehouse.
04
Feb

Variable names in SAS and R are subject to different “rules and regulations”, and these can be leveraged to your advantage, as I describe in this blog post.

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Data Science

Referring to Variables in Processing Data is Different in SAS Compared to R

Posted on by Monika Wahi
When doing data processing, especially extract-transform-load (ETL) into a data warehouse, you might need to refer to the variables in your code, and it's done differently in SAS vs. R.
28
Jan

Referring to variables in processing is different conceptually when thinking about SAS compared to R. I explain the differences in my blog post.

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