The DATASOURCE Procedure
- Overview
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Getting Started
Structure of a SAS Data Set Containing Time Series Data Reading Data Files Subsetting Input Data Files Controlling the Frequency of Data – The INTERVAL= Option Selecting Time Series Variables – The KEEP and DROP Statements Controlling the Time Range of Data – The RANGE Statement Reading in Data Files Containing Cross Sections Obtaining Descriptive Information on Cross Sections Subsetting a Data File Containing Cross Sections Renaming Time Series Variables Changing the Lengths of Numeric Variables -
Syntax
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Details
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Examples
BEA National Income and Product Accounts BLS Consumer Price Index Surveys BLS State and Area Employment, Hours, and Earnings Surveys DRI/McGraw-Hill Format CITIBASE Files DRI Data Delivery Service Database PC Format CITIBASE Database Quarterly COMPUSTAT Data Files Annual COMPUSTAT Data Files, V9.2 New Filetype CSAUC3 CRSP Daily NYSE/AMEX Combined Stocks
- References
| FORMAT Statement |
The FORMAT statement assigns formats to variables in output data sets. The variable-list can contain variable names and variable name range specifications. See Variable Lists for details. The format specified applies to all variables in the variable list.
A single FORMAT statement can assign the same format to several variables or different formats to different variables. The FORMAT statement can use standard SAS formats or formats defined using the FORMAT procedure.
Any later format specification for a variable, using either the FORMAT statement or the FORMAT= option in the ATTRIBUTE statement, always overrides the previous one.