Dear S-Plus Users,
I received SAS program code for my regression analysis. How can I run it in
S-plus ?
I'm using S-Plus 2000.
Abd Rahman Kassim
Hill Forest Silviculture
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
Kepong 52109
Kuala Lumpur
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