DATA Step Component Objects

enable you to quickly and efficiently store, search, and retrieve data based on lookup keys. For more information about the hash object, see Using the Hash Object in SAS Language Reference: Concepts. For more information about the hash iterator, see Using the Hash Iterator Object in SAS Language Reference: Concepts.

provides a mechanism similar to the Java Native Interface (JNI) for instantiating Java classes and accessing fields and methods on the resultant objects. For more information about the java object, see Using the Java Object in SAS Language Reference: Concepts.

enable you to record logging events and write these events to the appropriate destination. For complete information about the logger and appender objects, see Logger and Appender Object Language Reference in the SAS Logging: Configuration and Programming Reference.