Chapter 14
SAS File I/O Functions
Functions That Determine if SAS Data Sets Exist, and That Open and Close Files
Functions That Return SAS Data Set Characteristics
Functions That Return Variable Information
Introduction
The functions in this chapter address SAS data sets. There are functions to determine the number of observations in a data set, the number of character and numeric variables, and the formats and labels associated with each variable. You can readily obtain much of the same information produced by PROC CONTENTS by using these functions.
If you need to obtain SAS variable information, the V functions are also available and ...
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