Getting Started with SAS/IML

SAS/IML is a separate mathematics programming language within the SAS system. SAS/IML enables custom procedures that use matrix algebra, non linear optimization, and more. Getting started in IML begins with the PROC IML statement and ends with the QUIT statement.  To use IML, SAS datasets or other data need to be imported and reports need to be produced. And data may need to be exported. This paper will cover the steps for these necessary tasks. And, if there is time, I will cover some new features introduced over the 23 yrs since I have used IML in my daily work.

About the Presenter

Gary Allen has worked as a SAS programmer in marketing research and pharmaceutical development. He spent seven years at RDA Group as a Senior Statistician using SAS Stat and SAS IML. He has worked in pharmaceutical development for seventeen years, and have been a lead programmer on more than twenty studies, mostly in phase 3 and phase 4. He has worked in the vaccine and oncology therapeutic areas, and is a subject matter expert in SAS/GRAPH, SAS Macros, and SAS PROC SQL.