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This is a very good do-it-yourself book on SAS coding. But remember, it is still "do-it-yourself" so beware. You can get the job done, but it may not always be the most economical or efficient way. Otherwise this is an invaluable book. Keep it handy.

This book needs introductory knowledge of sas. The content borders on the edge though. It lacks on a couple of key points such as ODS, Macros and Proc Report which are very essential in a real-world situation. I read this book and the little sas book cover to cover. The little sas book would beat this to pulp. Definitely needs a revised edition.

This book might be great for someone who has never used SAS before, and has also never used any kind of programming language at all.

For just about everyone else, this book is simply too simple. I'm not a SAS guru by any means, but there was absolutely nothing in here that I hadn't already picked up in a few months of playing around with SAS.

Two other books I'd recommend for peolpe who need any kind of depth would be "Applied Statistics and the SAS Programming Language" (by Cody and Smith) and "SAS Applications Programming" (by Dilorio).