Global Statements Dictionary
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pack
(pak') v.t.
to convert to packed decimal.
packed, adj.
packed decimal
n.
any of various means of representing numeric data in which four bits are used for each decimal digit.
pad
(pad') v.t.
to extend text to a certain length by adding spaces, zeroes, etc., to the beginning or end. Character values are padded with trailing spaces when they are assigned to variables whose length is longer than the length of the value. With the PAD option, input records that are shorter than the logical record length are padded with trailing spaces.
page
(pAj') n.
1. an area of a printed sheet of paper or a segment of a print file or other document intended to be seen at one time.
2. web page.
PAGE
Global statement. Ref: PSPPR:Global Statements. PSPL:Statements and Steps:Things to Look For -- and What They Mean. SLRD:Statements.
PAGEBREAKINITIAL
System option. Page break at beginning of print file.
PAGENO
System option. Page number. Ref: PSPPR:System Options. PSPL:Print Output:Print Files and Pages. SLRD:SAS System Options. Alias, PAGNO.
PAGESIZE
System option. Ref: PSPPR:System Options. PSPL:Print Output:Print Files and Pages. SLRD:SAS System Options. Alias, PS.
paginate
(paj' i nAt) v.t.&i.
1. to divide into pages.
2. to number the pages of.
pagination, n.
panel
(pan' ul) n.
one of several divisions of a page, window, etc., used separately to display information.
PAPERDEST
System option. ODS printing. Ref: PSPPR:System Options. SLRD:SAS System Options.
PAPERSIZE
System option. ODS printing. Ref: PSPPR:System Options. SLRD:SAS System Options.
PAPERSOURCE
System option. ODS printing. Ref: PSPPR:System Options. SLRD:SAS System Options.
PAPERTYPE
System option. ODS printing. Ref: PSPPR:System Options. SLRD:SAS System Options.
parameter
(pu ram' u tur) n.
1. a value that controls some of the actions of a program.
2. a numeric attribute of a probability distribution or a mathematical model
3. Macro language. an argument to a macro.
parameter line
n.
a text line following the PARMCARDS statement that contains parameters for a proc,procedureh as the EXPLODE procedure.
parent
(pa^r' ent) n.
1. in a hierarchy, an object by which other objects are indirectly connected to the starting point of the hierarchy.
2. Object-oriented programming. a class from which another class derives properties, especially methods.
3. an object that creates another object.
Compare child.
parenthesis
(pu ren' the sis') n. pl. parentheses (-sEz')
either of the characters ( (left parenthesis)
and ) (right parenthesis), used together
for grouping and to enclose arguments of functions.
PARETO
SAS/QC. Procedure. Pareto (relative frequency) charts.
parm
(pa:rm') Informal. n.
PARM
System option. Ref: PSPPR:System Options. SLRD:SAS System Options.
PARMCARDS
Proc step statement. Ref: PSPL:Proc Steps:Proc Step Syntax.
System option. Ref: PSPPR:System Options. SLRD:SAS System Options.
Fileref.
parse
(pa:rs') v.t.
to divide (the text of a computer program, data file, natural language, etc.) into the meaningful units that make it up according to a set of rules.
parser, n.
partitioned dataset
(pa:r ti' shund dA' tu set', -da'-) Z/OS. n.
a set of text files stored in a single physical file. The separate files are accessed as members of the partitioned dataset. To identify a member, write the member name in parentheses after the name or fileref of the partitioned dataset.
password
(pas' wurd) n.
a secret word or text value that a user provides to a computer to verify the user's identity.
patch
(pach') n.
1. an isolated change in a program or its related resources to correct a specific flaw.
v.t.
2. to create a patch for.
3. to revise by applying a patch to.
path
(path') n.
1. a connection from one point in a network to another, described as a sequence of connections from node to node.
2. the sequence of names with punctuation that uniquely identify a directory or file in a file system.
PATHNAME
Function. Ref: PSPPR:Functions. PSPL:Low-Level I/O Programming:SAS Dataset I/O Functions. SLRD:Functions and CALL Routines.
PATTERN
SAS/Graph. Global statement.
