Scripting Guide - SAS

Chapter 10 Scripting Platforms 313
Launching Platforms Interactively and Obtaining the Equivalent Script
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All platform scripts start with a command to call the platform, in this case Oneway. Inside the Oneway
command are two types of arguments: arguments like the Y and X column role lists are required at launch,
and options like Each Pair(1) are sent to the platform after it is launched.
Most options are simple on/off choices with check marks (or not). The scripting equivalent of a check box is
a Boolean argument 1 or 0.
Other commands lead to dialog boxes where you specify values or make choices. In scripts, such
specifications are given inside parentheses and separated by commas, usually in the same order as they
appear in the window (top to bottom, left to right).
BY Group Reports
In most platforms, you can run the platform repeatedly across subgroups of the rows as defined by one or
more by columns. To do this in scripts, include a By argument in the launch command, listing each column
as the argument to By.
Example
1. Open the Big Class sample data table.
2. Run this script to produce a bivariate report by sex:
biv = Bivariate(Y(weight), X(height), By(sex));
This launch message produces a report window with two nodes in the outline, one for the rows of the data
table where sex is “F” and a second for rows where sex is “M.” Rather than returning a reference to a
platform, Bivariate[], the platform object returns a list of references {Bivariate[], Bivariate[]}:
show(biv);
biv = {Bivariate[], Bivariate[]}
You can direct messages either to each reference individually or to the list of references, depending on
whether you want to change selected nodes individually or all nodes simultaneously.
3. Run this line to add a regression fit to both nodes:
biv