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Transfer the SAS files from one environment to another environment.
                                           (Windows to UNIX 
                                             UNIX to Windows
                                              Windows to Mainframes)
(These are the uses of  SAS .)

RAW DATA:
Raw data is two types.
                   1.Internal data.
                   2.External data.
Internal Data: Data is available in SAS.
External Data: Data is available in external files (PC files and Databases).

  PC Files                                                                     Databases
Txt, tab, excel, MS access,                                  Oracle, DB2, Sybase,
CSV (comma separated value)                             teraddata, SQL Server

Data Types:
In SAS, data is two types:
                         1.Character. (EX: Kiran).
                         2.Numeric.  (EX: 25, 26, 27, 25.6, 26.7).

Data formats: Raw data is available in 3 kinds of data formats.
1. Standard format: Character and Numeric.
2.Mixed data: e101, asp.05mg character.
3.Nonstandard data: date (28-10-2003). time (0:20:30am).  Amount $50,000. (These are read as numeric data.)