Python for SAS Users: A SAS-Oriented Introduction to Python

Business users familiar with Base SAS programming can now learn Python by example. You will learn via examples that map SAS programming constructs and coding patterns into their Python equivalents. Your primary focus will be on pandas and data management issues related to analysis of data.

It is estimated that there are three million or more SAS users worldwide today. As the data science landscape shifts from using SAS to open source software such as Python, many users will feel the need to update their skills. Most users are not formally trained in computer science and have likely acquired their skills programming SAS as part of their job.

What You’ll Learn

• Quickly master Python for data analysis without using a trial-and-error approach
  
• Understand the similarities and differences between Base SAS and Python
  
• Better determine which language to use, depending on your needs
  
• Obtain quick results
  

Who This Book Is For

SAS users, SAS programmers, data scientists, data scientist leaders, and Python users who need to work with SAS