RE: SAS program or SAS macro to prepare NonMem ready data

From: "Beasley, Bach Nhi t" BEASLEYN@cder.fda.gov Subject: RE: [NMusers] SAS program or SAS macro to prepare NonMem ready data Date: Wed, December 8, 2004 12:45 pm HI Elliot, I use SAS to format datasets for Nonmem. There are a few lines that I consistently use, but I have not worked with one dataset yet that allowed me to reuse an entire code. These lines really won't save you any time, but you can contact me if you'd like. In addition to what's already been mentioned, another problem is that datasets are set up in so many different ways and can be inconsistent within themselves (different formats used within one column) that I've always had to write a separate code for each NM dataset. Not to be cynical, but I just don't see it happening in the near future. Good luck! On another note, my personal bias is to stick with programs like SAS, SPlus, etc.. for your programming since these programs leave you a "string" as opposed to cutting and pasting in programs like Excel where mistakes have a greater potential to happen. Nhi Beasley, Pharm.D. Pharmacometrics FDA beasleyn@cder.fda.gov