SAS® Certification Prep Guide: Base Programming for SAS®9

Chapter 2. Referencing Files and Setting Options

Overview	34
Introduction	34
Objectives	34
Referencing Files	34
SAS Libraries	34
Other Formats	37
Viewing the Contents of SAS Libraries	39
The CONTENTS Procedure	39
The DATASETS Procedure	41
Setting SAS System Options	43
SAS Output	43
Handling Two-Digit Year Values: Year 2000 Compliance	48
Viewing System Options	53
The OPTIONS Procedure	53
Additional System Options	54
Summary	55
Text Summary	55
Points to Remember	56
Practice	56
Quiz	57

Overview

Have you reviewed the appropriate tutorial for your programming environment on the companion CD-ROM? If you have not, please review the appropriate tutorial before beginning this chapter.

Introduction ...