Summary of Reading and Writing Data

Tables 2.2 through 2.4 summarize reading and writing data in IMLPlus programs.

Table 2.2 Reading Data into a DataObject
Source	Statement
Client data set	DataObject.CreateFromFile
Server data set	DataObject.CreateFromServerDataSet
	run CopyServerDataToDataObject module
SAS/IML matrix	DataObject.Create
	DataObject.AddVar
	DataObject.AddVars

Table 2.3 Copying Data from a DataObject
Destination	Statement
Client data set	DataObject.WriteToFile
Server data set	DataObject.WriteToServerDataSet
	DataObject.WriteVarsToServerDataSet
SAS/IML matrix	DataObject.GetVarData

Table 2.4 Reading and Writing Server Data in SAS/IML
Action	Statement
Read from server into matrices	USE, READ
Write server data set from matrices	CREATE, APPEND

Note:If you create a server data set by using the WriteToServerDataSet or WriteVarsToServerDataSet method, you might want to delete the data set after you are finished with it by calling the DELETE subroutine.

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