Probably posting this to the wrong list ... but I'm in the process of
learning R, after many years of using SAS --- so I thought I'd ask this
question here:
Is there with a function (or macro) in SAS that performs the same
action as R's "signif" function, if so please provide?
Tried to find via a Google search to no success. Doesn't seem to be in the
"R for SAS and SPSS Users" by Robert A. Munchen (first edition is what
I
have), or in SAS and R by Ken Kleinman and Nicholas J. Horton (2nd edition)
[although in the latter they do list the R "signif" function on page
61 ...
but don't list a SAS equivalent.
If you have a suggestion for a different list that I might ask this question
(assuming I don't get the answer here), provide that as well.
Thanks-Allen
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On 2/9/2015 7:02 PM, Allen Bingham wrote:> Probably posting this to the wrong list ... but I'm in the process of > learning R, after many years of using SAS --- so I thought I'd ask this > question here: > > Is there with a function (or macro) in SAS that performs the same > action as R's "signif" function, if so please provide? > > Tried to find via a Google search to no success. Doesn't seem to be in the > "R for SAS and SPSS Users" by Robert A. Munchen (first edition is what I > have), or in SAS and R by Ken Kleinman and Nicholas J. Horton (2nd edition) > [although in the latter they do list the R "signif" function on page 61 ... > but don't list a SAS equivalent. > > If you have a suggestion for a different list that I might ask this question > (assuming I don't get the answer here), provide that as well. > > Thanks-Allen > > ______________________________________ > Allen Bingham > Bingham Statistical Consulting > aebingham2 at gmail.com > LinkedIn Profile: www.linkedin.com/pub/allen-bingham/3b/556/325 > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >Yes, this is the wrong list. Your question is about SAS (that is what SAS-L or SAScommunity is about) and this list is about R, and you already know what function to use in R. That said, I searched for "SAS round to fixed number of significant digits" and found this link http://support.sas.com/kb/24/728.html You could turn this into a function style macro (but it will be ugly). If you have a recent enough version of SAS you could use PROC FCMP to turn this into a function. If you are interested contact me offline and I will send you a PROC FCMP implementation. Dan -- Daniel Nordlund Bothell, WA USA
Daniel, Thanks for the link and the advice (vis-?-vis SAS-L ... after 30+ years of using SAS I should have remembered that one which I used extensively when learning SAS). FYI-I'm working on some R code that may eventually need to be ported to SAS --- and hence the reason for my question --- I don't want to use code in R that might be too difficult to replicate in SAS. I'll send you a separate email about the PROC FCMP implementation you mentioned. Thanks again-Allen -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Nordlund [mailto:djnordlund at frontier.com] Sent: Monday, February 9, 2015 11:05 PM To: Allen Bingham; r-help at r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] SAS equivalent for R's signif function? On 2/9/2015 7:02 PM, Allen Bingham wrote:> Probably posting this to the wrong list ... but I'm in the process of > learning R, after many years of using SAS --- so I thought I'd ask > this question here: > > Is there with a function (or macro) in SAS that performs the > same action as R's "signif" function, if so please provide? > > Tried to find via a Google search to no success. Doesn't seem to be in > the "R for SAS and SPSS Users" by Robert A. Munchen (first edition is > what I have), or in SAS and R by Ken Kleinman and Nicholas J. Horton > (2nd edition) [although in the latter they do list the R "signif" functionon page 61 ...> but don't list a SAS equivalent. > > If you have a suggestion for a different list that I might ask this > question (assuming I don't get the answer here), provide that as well. > > Thanks-Allen > > ______________________________________ > Allen Bingham > Bingham Statistical Consulting > aebingham2 at gmail.com > LinkedIn Profile: www.linkedin.com/pub/allen-bingham/3b/556/325 > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >Yes, this is the wrong list. Your question is about SAS (that is what SAS-L or SAScommunity is about) and this list is about R, and you already know what function to use in R. That said, I searched for "SAS round to fixed number of significant digits" and found this link http://support.sas.com/kb/24/728.html You could turn this into a function style macro (but it will be ugly). If you have a recent enough version of SAS you could use PROC FCMP to turn this into a function. If you are interested contact me offline and I will send you a PROC FCMP implementation. Dan -- Daniel Nordlund Bothell, WA USA