Experienced programmers and data analysts will find this task-oriented, easy-to-read yet comprehensive guide an invaluable resource for learning IML, the Interactive Matrix Programming Language. If you have basic familiarity with SAS concepts, you will be able to refer to examples as guides for developing programs that implement a number of different techniques in statistics, numerical analysis, and linear algebra. Results can be displayed as text or graphs. The Language Reference section, which summarizes the many functions, subroutines, and language keywords, saves you time. This title is available for purchase as a hardcopy book or in theSAS OnlineDoc CD-ROM with PDF files. The HTML version of the SAS OnlineDoc CD-ROM is shipped free with Version 8.