Date:         Thu, 17 Jul 2003 06:37:55 -0700
Reply-To:     Rick <rcjohnso@US.IBM.COM>
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From:         Rick <rcjohnso@US.IBM.COM>
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Subject:      Use SAS to evaluate equation
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Howdy -

I've just run a PROC REG, and have the constants for a cubic equation.

Example:   a + bx + cx**2 +dx**3

I have a dataset called REG where a,b,c,and d are defined. Now I want
to evaluate the equation to find the MAX point in the curve.

The obvious way to do this is to create a new dataset, calculate a
number of points, then do a PROC MEANS to find the max.... TONS of
work, especially if I want accuracy...

Is there some easier way to do this???

On my calculator I can do something like this:
MAX(a + bx +cx**2 + dx**3), -.5, .5
parm[equation],[min range,  max range]

Thanks,

-Rick