Learning SAS by Example

Chapter 4  Creating Permanent SAS Data Sets

4.1    Introduction

4.2    SAS Libraries—The LIBNAME Statement

4.3    Why Create Permanent SAS Data Sets?

4.4    Examining the Descriptor Portion of a SAS Data Set Using PROC CONTENTS

4.5    Listing All the SAS Data Sets in a SAS Library Using PROC CONTENTS

4.6    Viewing the Descriptor Portion of a SAS Data Set Using the SAS Explorer

4.7    Viewing the Data Portion of a SAS Data Set Using PROC PRINT

4.8    Viewing the Data Portion of a SAS Data Set Using the SAS VIEWTABLE Window

4.9    Using a SAS Data Set as Input to a DATA Step

4.10  DATA _NULL_: A Data Set That Isn’t

4.11  Problems

4.1  Introduction

SAS procedures cannot read raw data files or spreadsheets directly. One way or another, they need ...