CONTENTS Procedure: UNIX

Prints the description of the contents of one or more files from a SAS library.

UNIX specifics:	information displayed in the SAS output
See:	CONTENTS Procedure in Base SAS Procedures Guide

Syntax

Comparisons

Example

Syntax

PROC CONTENTS<option(s)> ;

Comparisons

The CONTENTS procedure produces the same information as the CONTENTS statement in the DATASETS procedure. (See DATASETS Procedure: UNIX for a comparison.)

Example: Executing PROC CONTENTS

The following SAS code creates two data sets, classes.grades and classes.majors, and executes PROC CONTENTS to describe the classes.majors data set:

libname classes '.';

data classes.grades (label='First Data Set');
   input student year state $ grade1 grade2;
   label year='Year of Birth';
   format grade1 4.1;
   datalines;
1000 1980 NC 85 87
1042 1981 MD 92 92
1095 1979 PA 78 72
1187 1980 MA 87 94
;

data classes.majors(label='Second Data Set');
   input student $ year state $ grade1 grade2 major $;
   label state='Home State';
   format grade1 5.2;
   datalines;
1000 1980 NC 84 87 Math
1042 1981 MD 92 92 History
1095 1979 PA 79 73 Physics
1187 1980 MA 87 74 Dance
1204 1981 NC 82 96 French
;

proc contents data=classes.majors;
run;

Output from the CONTENTS Procedure