SAS Financial Functions

SAS Constant

What is it?

A function to easily incorporate mathematical Constants.
The function has a variety of constants available including the following:
E
Euler
PI
Golden
and a few more

Syntax:

Constant('String_Name_of_Constant');

SAS Constant Statement:

SAS Constant Example:

Data work.my_data_file;

    Result_1 = CONSTANT('E');
    Result_2 = CONSTANT('EULER');
    Result_3 = CONSTANT('PI');
    Result_4 = CONSTANT('GOLDEN');

Run;

What's happening in the script above?

The Constant function simply returns one of a variety of constant types.

Constant Example:

Variable	Input	Output	Description
Result_1	E	2.7182818285	The base of a natural logarithm
Result_2	EULER	.5772156649	Euler - Mascheroni Constant; At time of writing an Unsolved Problem in math; Presently unknown as to whether the number is irrational or transcendntal.
Result_3	PI	3.1415926536	Ratio of a circles circumference to diameter
Result_4	GOLDEN	0.6180339887	The absolute value of the golden ratio conjugate; which is the conjugate root to the minimal polynomial x² - x - 1

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