Global Statements Dictionary
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BY
Data/proc step statement. Ref: PSPPR:Data Step Statements; Proc Step Statements. PSPL:SAS Dataset I/O:Input SAS Datasets in the Data Step; Proc Steps:Proc Step Syntax. SLRD:Statements.
Keyword in DO statement.
BYE
Command. Ends the SAS session. Ref: PSPPR:Display Manager. PSPL:Execution:Session.
BYERR
System option. Ref: PSPPR:System Options. PSPL:Options for SAS Datasets:System Options for SAS Files. SLRD:SAS System Options.
BY group
(bI' grOOp) n.
consecutive observations from an input SAS dataset having the same values for BY variables.
BYLINE
System option. Ref: PSPPR:System Options. PSPL:Print Output:Proc Step Output. SLRD:SAS System Options.
BYSORTED
System option. Checks for sort order of BY groups.
byte
(bIt') n.
1. a quantity of information equal to 8 bits.
2. a unit of information consisting of or containing 8 bits.
3. an 8-bit value considered as a whole number between 0 and 255.
Abbr. B.
BYTE
Function. Ref: PSPPR:Functions. SLRD:Functions and CALL Routines.
byte order mark
n.
1. a code value to indicate that subsequent text data is big-endian or little-endian.
2. in Unicode, the use of the zero width no break space character U+FEFF at the beginning of a text sequence to signal the byte sequence. The reversed code sequence U+FFFE is not a character code in Unicode, so a program that encounters this code knows to reverse the byte order.
byte stream
(bIt' strEm') n.
data organized as a sequence of bytes.
BY variable
(bI' va^r' i u bl) n.
a key variable, named in a BY statement, that indicates the sort order or grouping of observations in an input SAS dataset.
