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SAS's ZipCityDistance() function

I knew SAS could do just about anything but I didn't realize there was a function for counting the miles between zipcodes.

 

Below an example taken from a listserv at work,

 

data _null_;

            distance=zipcitydistance('94103', '04401');
            put 'Distance from San Francisco, CA, to Bangor, ME: ' distance 4.' miles';
   run;