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SAS 9.4 Language Reference, Second Edition
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SAS 9.4 Language Reference, Second Edition

by SAS Institute
December 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
824 pages
24h 21m
English
SAS Institute
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Names in the SAS Language
Definition of a SAS Name
A SAS name is a name token that represents one of the following:
variables
SAS data sets
formats or informats
SAS procedures
options
arrays
statement labels
SAS macros or macro variables
SAS catalog entries
librefs or filerefs
component objects
There are two types of names in SAS:
names of elements of the SAS language
names supplied by SAS users
Rules for User-Supplied SAS Names
Rules for Most SAS Names
The following list contains the rules that you use when you create most SAS name:
Note: The rules are more flexible for SAS variable names, data set names, view names,
and item store names ...
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