Scripting Guide - SAS

268 Data Tables Chapter 9
Messages for Data Tables
Figure 9.5 Data Filter Hierarchy
Commands from the Tables Menu
The messages in this section provide different ways of rearranging data tables and making new tables. If no
arguments are supplied to these messages, they produce the usual window for interactive use. If these
operations are unfamiliar, see the Using JMP book for more details and examples.
Column arguments also allow list arguments, so the following script fragments are all valid:
Stack(height,weight)
Stack({height,weight}) // equivalent
Most of these commands also generate small scripts that record how the resulting tables were made. The
script is stored in the new table as a table property with the name “Source.” Exceptions are Summary when
performed by script or Subset when performed by script or the window. Most people do not write data