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Getting Information about Your SAS Data Sets

Introduction to Getting Information about Your SAS Data Sets


Purpose

As you create libraries of SAS data sets, SAS generates and maintains information about where the library is stored in your operating environment, how and when the data sets were created, and how their contents are defined. Using the DATASETS procedure, you can view this information without displaying the contents of the data set or referring to additional documentation.

In this section, you will learn how to get the following information about SAS data libraries and SAS data sets:


Prerequisites

Before using this section, you should understand the concepts presented in the following sections:

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