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space

(spAs') n.

1. empty or available areas or extents in a document, display, text value, storage volume, etc.

2. an invisible character displayed as a horizontal displacement between other characters, used as a separator between words. Also, especially in the EBCDIC character set, blank.

v.i.

3. to type spaces.

v.t.

4. to arrange objects so that they extend across an area or so that there is sufficient distance between them.

special character

n.

a character that is displayed as a visible character form other than a letter, digit, or underscore. Special characters used in SAS statements include these:

" # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / : ; < = > @ { | }

In SAS, the underscore (_) is treated the same as a letter and is not a special character.

special missing value

n.

any of 27 distinct missing values in SAS numeric data. A special missing value is written in a SAS program as a period followed by a letter or underscore. Formats write a special missing value as the letter, in uppercase, or underscore.

SPECTRA

SAS/ETS. Procedure.

SPEDIS

Function. Spelling distance. Ref: PSPPR:Functions. PSPL:Functions and CALL Routines:Character Functions. SLRD:Functions and CALL Routines.

SPILL

Dataset option. Spill file.

SPLASH

System option. Splash window. Ref: PSPPR:System Options.

SPLASHLOC

System option. Splash window image file. Ref: PSPPR:System Options.

splash window

(splash' win' dO) n.

a highly visible window that a program displays to let the user know that the program is running or is starting up.

SPOOL

System option. Ref: PSPPR:System Options. SLRD:SAS System Options.

spreadsheet

(spred' shEt) n.

1. a visual arrangement of related data elements, usually with some data elements being calculated from others.

2. a computer program for editing spreadsheets.

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