The SAS functions and CALL routines are now published as a separate document. They are no longer part of the SAS Language Reference: Dictionary.
The ability to call Web services in the DATA step is a new feature. For this feature, six new SOAPxxx functions were added. In addition, several other new functions are new, and enhancements to existing functions were added.
The following functions and CALL routines are new:
permutes the values of the arguments, and returns a random combination of k out of n values.
returns the effective annual interest rate.
checks the validity of a character string for use as a SAS member name.
returns the nominal annual interest rate.
returns the balance of periodic savings by using variable interest rates.
calls a Web service by using basic Web authentication; credentials are provided in the arguments.
calls a Web service by using basic Web authentication; credentials for the authentication domain are retrieved from metadata.
calls a SAS registered service by using WS-Security authentication; credentials are provided in the arguments.
calls a SAS registered Web service by using WS-Security authentication; credentials are provided in the arguments. The Registry Service is called directly to determine how to locate the Security Token Service.
calls a Web service by using WS-Security authentication; credentials are provided in the arguments.
calls a Web service by using WS-Security authentication; credentials for the provided authentication domain are retrieved from metadata.
returns the quantile from a distribution when you specify the right probability (SDF).
returns an indication of the existence of an operating environment variable.
returns the equivalent of a reference amount at a base date by using variable interest rates.
The following enhancements were made to existing functions:
The GENPOISSON and TWEEDIE distributions were added to the following functions:
A new argument, seasonality, was added to the INTCYCLE, INTINDEX, and INTSEAS functions. The seasonality argument enables you to have more flexibility in working with dates and time cycles.
A new option that computes age was added to the YRDIF function.
An explanation about SAS session encoding and UTF-8 encoding was added to the URLDECODE and URLENCODE functions.
In the GETOPTION function, you can use the following options:
The documentation for the following five functions was moved from the SAS/ETS User's Guide to SAS Functions and CALL Routines: Reference:
returns the cumulative interest paid on a loan between the start and end period.
returns the cumulative principal paid on a loan between the start and end period.
returns the interest payment for a given period for a constant payment loan or the periodic savings for a future balance.
returns the periodic payment for a constant payment loan or the periodic savings for a future balance.
returns the principal payment for a given period for a constant payment loan or the periodic savings for a future balance.
Prior to SAS 9.3, this document was part of SAS Language Reference: Dictionary. Starting with SAS 9.3, SAS Language Reference: Dictionary has been divided into seven documents: