A great deal has been said about programming techniques for efficiency and maintainability of SAS® programs. We are taught to write code that minimizes machine and programmer resources. Unfortunately, easily maintained code requires fewer programmers, and fewer programmers means pink slips and less job security. In these troubled times, programmers need to be able to maximize their indispensability.
Programmers can increase their job security and thereby protect themselves and their families by applying the tips and techniques discussed within this paper. The programmer will be advised when to apply the techniques, and whether the use of the techniques should be subtle or gross.
Techniques will cover programming style, editing style, statements to use and avoid, and naming conventions. You will learn to blur data steps, make non-assigning assignment statements, and in general write code that not even you will be able to figure out how or why it works.
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