Deleting SAS Data Sets
Specifying Data Sets to Delete
Use the DELETE statement to delete one or more data
sets from a SAS library. If you want to delete more than one data
set, then list the names after the DELETE keyword with a blank space
between the names. You can also use an abbreviated member list if
applicable (such as YRDATA1-YRDATA5).
CAUTION:
SAS immediately
deletes the files in a SAS library when the program statements are
submitted.
You are not asked to
verify the Delete operation before it begins, so make sure that you
intend to delete the files before submitting the program.
For example, the following
program specifies USCLIM as the procedure input library. It then deletes
the data set RAIN from the library:
proc datasets library=usclim; ...
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