Date:         Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:55:41 -0400
Reply-To:     Lex Jansen <spam@LEXJANSEN.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Lex Jansen <spam@LEXJANSEN.COM>
Subject:      Re: SAS Proceedings: dedup by title or date?

This is what I end up doing:

PROC FORMAT;
    VALUE $author
...
    "Ron Fehd", "Ronald J. Fehd"="Ronald Fehd"
...
;
RUN;

But maybe I have to change it to:

PROC FORMAT;
    VALUE $author
...
    "Ron Fehd", "Ronald Fehd", "Purple Hat" ="Ronald J. Fehd"
...
;
RUN;

Lex

On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:44:01 -0400, Fehd, Ronald J. (CDC/CCHIS/NCPHI)
<rjf2@CDC.GOV> wrote:

>LOL   %-D
>
>it's a problem of everyone who graduates from
>
>Ron      : apprentice
>Ronald   : journeyman
>Ronald J.: arrived
>
>see also
>Don Knuth
>Donald Knuth
>Donald E. Knuth
>Donald Ervin Knuth: The Art of Computer Programming
>
>and
>
>Phil Crosby
>Philip Crosby
>Philip B. Crosby: Quality is Free
>
>http://www.philipcrosby.com/25years/index.html
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-sas-l@listserv.uga.edu
>> [mailto:owner-sas-l@listserv.uga.edu] On Behalf Of Lex Jansen
>> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 11:33 AM
>> To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>> Subject: Re: SAS Proceedings: dedup by title or date?
>>
>> Good suggestion! It's on my to-do-list.
>> Hope the authors keep the titles of duplicate papers the same.
>> The different spellings of authors (Ron, Ronald, Ronald J.) gives me
>> headaches :-)
>>
>> Lex
>>
>> On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:20:01 -0400, Fehd, Ronald J. (CDC/CCHIS/NCPHI)
>> <rjf2@CDC.GOV> wrote:
>>
>> >Thank you, Lex!
>> >
>> >Team SAS-L rocks!  eh?!
>> >
>> >now about all those duplicates?
>> >
>> >59 papers by RJF2, uh, maybe knot!
>> >
>> >more like 20-something papers.
>> >
>> >ah, so! there is the long-lost Xtab2html paper!
>> >
>> >Help keep SUGI/SGF/*SUG authors humble!
>> >
>> >So vote:
>> >dedup by:
>> >[ ] paper title
>> >[ ] date published: last paper published with same title
>> >
>> >Ron Fehd  the macro maven  CDC Atlanta GA USA RJF2 at cdc dot gov
>> >... as if we -really- needed help on humility
>> >
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: owner-sas-l@listserv.uga.edu
>> >> [mailto:owner-sas-l@listserv.uga.edu] On Behalf Of Lex Jansen
>> >> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 5:48 PM
>> >> To: sas-l@uga.edu
>> >> Subject: SAS Proceedings
>> >>
>> >> I implemented an (experimental) new search on my site:
>> >>
>> >> http://www.lexjansen.com/cgi-bin/saspapers_query.php
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> At this moment you can only search one word in title, author or
>> >> keywords.
>> >>
>> >> Try it!
>> >>
>> >> Lex Jansen.
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>