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 a Point-and-Click Approach

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

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

4.9  DATA _NULL_: A Data Set That Isn’t

4.10  Problems

 

4.1  Introduction

SAS procedures cannot read raw data files or spreadsheets directly. One way or another, they need the data in SAS data sets. Remember that SAS DATA steps can create SAS data sets. ...