It is said that a good programmer should be lazy. And what about a good programming teacher? We dare to say the same is true. This article will show that you can be lazy and also be able to teach an entire SAS course at the same time!

The aim of the article is to present a variety of examples of how to do one of the most common data processing programming tasks, table look-up, in SAS. We don’t assess these methods from a benchmarking or performance perspective but rather present them as an intellectual puzzle. Our goal is to explore how much SAS syntax (statements, PROCs, functions, etc.) could be taught using only one exercise. If you are a fan of unorthodox SAS programming, curious to learn about the variety and flexibility of the SAS language, or an innovative SAS teacher - this article is for you!

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