The SASEFAME Interface Engine

Example 40.3 Writing Time Series to the SAS Data Set

The following statements use the DROP statement to exclude certain time series from the SAS data set. (You can also use the KEEP statement to include certain series in the SAS data set.)

options validvarname=any;

%let FAME=%sysget(FAME);
%put(&FAME);
%let FAMETEMP=%sysget(FAME_TEMP);
%put(&FAMETEMP);

libname famedir sasefame "%sysget(FAME_DATA)"
        convert=(freq=annual technique=constant);

libname mydir "%sysget(FAME_TEMP)";

data mydir.a;  /* add data set to mydir */
   set famedir.oecd1;
   drop 'ita.dirdes'n--'jpn.herd'n 'tur.dirdes'n--'usa.herd'n;
   where date between '01jan88'd and '31dec93'd;
run;

title1 "OECD1: TECH=Constant, FREQ=Annual";
title2 "Drop Using N-literals";

proc print data=mydir.a;
run;

Output 40.3.1 shows the results.

Output 40.3.1 Listing of OUT=MYDIR.A of the OECD1 Fame Data

OECD1: TECH=Constant, FREQ=Annual

Drop Using N-literals

Obs	DATE	AUS.DIRDES	AUS.HERD	AUT.DIRDES	AUT.HERD	BEL.DIRDES	BEL.HERD	CAN.DIRDES	CAN.HERD	CHE.DIRDES	CHE.HERD	DEU.DIRDES	DEU.HERD	DNK.DIRDES	DNK.HERD	ESP.DIRDES	ESP.HERD	FIN.DIRDES	FIN.HERD	FRA.DIRDES	FRA.HERD	GBR.DIRDES	GBR.HERD	GRC.DIRDES	GRC.HERD	IRL.DIRDES	IRL.HERD	ISL.DIRDES	ISL.HERD	NLD.DIRDES	NLD.HERD	NOR.DIRDES	NOR.HERD	NZL.DIRDES	NZL.HERD	PRT.DIRDES	PRT.HERD	SWE.DIRDES	SWE.HERD	YUG.DIRDES	YUG.HERD
1	1988	750	1072.90	.	.	374	16572.70	1589.60	2006	632.100	1532	3538.60	8780.00	258.100	2662	508.200	55365.5	247.700	1602.0	2573.50	19272.00	2627.00	1592.00	60.600	6674.50	49.6000	37.0730	.	.	883	2105	.	.	.	.	111.5	10158.20	.	.	233.000	29.81
2	1989	.	.	.	.	.	18310.70	1737.00	2214	.	1648	3777.20	9226.60	284.800	2951	623.600	69270.5	259.700	1725.5	2856.50	21347.80	2844.10	1774.20	119.800	14485.20	50.2000	39.0130	10.3000	786.762	945	2202	308.900	2771.40	78.7000	143.800	.	.	1076	11104	205.100	375.22
3	1990	.	.	.	.	.	18874.20	1859.20	2347	.	.	2953.30	9700.00	.	.	723.600	78848.0	271.000	1839.0	3005.20	22240.00	.	.	.	.	51.7000	.	11.0000	902.498	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2588.50
4	1991	.	.	.	.	.	.	1959.60	2488	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	89908.0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	11.8000	990.865	.	.	352.000	3100.00	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.

Note that the SAS option VALIDVARNAME=ANY was used at the beginning of this example because special characters are present in the time series names. SAS variables that contain certain special characters are called n-literals and are referenced in SAS code as shown in this example.

You can rename your SAS variables by using the RENAME statement. The following statements show how to use n-literals when selecting variables you want to keep, and how to rename some of your kept variables:

options validvarname=any;

%let FAME=%sysget(FAME);
%put(&FAME);
%let FAMETEMP=%sysget(FAME_TEMP);
%put(&FAMETEMP);

libname famedir sasefame "%sysget(FAME_DATA)"
        convert=(freq=annual technique=constant);

libname mydir "%sysget(FAME_TEMP)";

data mydir.a;  /* add data set to mydir */
   set famedir.oecd1;
   /* keep and rename  */
   keep date 'ita.dirdes'n--'jpn.herd'n 'tur.dirdes'n--'usa.herd'n;
   rename 'ita.dirdes'n='italy.dirdes'n
          'jpn.dirdes'n='japan.dirdes'n
          'tur.dirdes'n='turkey.dirdes'n
          'usa.dirdes'n='united.states.of.america.dirdes'n ;
run;

title1 "OECD1: TECH=Constant, FREQ=Annual";
title2 "keep statement using n-literals";
title3 "rename statement using n-literals";

proc print data=mydir.a;
run;

Output 40.3.2 shows the results.

Output 40.3.2 Listing of OUT=MYDIR.A of the OECD1 Fame Data

OECD1: TECH=Constant, FREQ=Annual

keep statement using n-literals

rename statement using n-literals

Obs	DATE	italy.dirdes	ITA.HERD	japan.dirdes	JPN.HERD	turkey.dirdes	TUR.HERD	united.states.of.america.dirdes	USA.HERD
1	1985	1344.90	1751008	8065.70	1789780	144.800	22196	14786.00	14786.00
2	1986	1460.60	2004453	8290.10	1832575	136.400	26957	16566.90	16566.90
3	1987	1674.40	2362102	9120.80	1957921	121.900	32309	18326.10	18326.10
4	1988	1861.50	2699927	9657.20	2014073	174.400	74474	20246.20	20246.20
5	1989	1968.00	2923504	10405.90	2129372	212.300	143951	22159.50	22159.50
6	1990	2075.00	3183071	.	2296992	.	.	23556.10	23556.10
7	1991	2137.80	3374000	.	.	.	.	24953.80	24953.80