SAS(R) 9.1.3 Companion for z/OS

How Missing Values Are Handled
Procedures under z/OS BMDP Procedure 299
Before the BMDP procedure sends data to BMDP, it converts missing SAS values to the
standard BMDP missing value. When you use the NOMISS option in the PROC BMDP
statement, observations that contain missing values are excluded from the data set that
is sent to the BMDP program.
Invoking BMDP Programs That Need FORTRAN Routines
Some BMDP programs, such as the programs for nonlinear regression, need to invoke
the FORTRAN compiler and linkage editor before executing. All BMDP compilation
and link editing must be completed before you use PROC BMDP.
Example of Creating and Converting a BMDP Save File
Here is an example of creating and converting a BMDP save file.
u data temp;
input x y z;
datalines;
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run;
v proc contents;
title ’CONTENTS OF SAS DATA SET TO BE RUN
THROUGH BMDP1D’;
run;
w proc bmdp prog=bmdp1d unit=3;
parmcards;
/input unit=3. code=’TEMP’.
/print min.
/save unit=4. code=’NEW’. NEW.
/end
/finish
run;
x libname ft04f001 bmdp;
y data _null_;
set ft04f001.new;
put _all_;
run;
U proc contents data=ft04f001._all_;
run;
V proc convert bmdp=ft04f001 out=xyz;