Statements

SAS Statements Documented in Other SAS Publications

In addition to system options documented in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary, statements are also documented in the following publications:

	SAS Companion for Windows
	SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
	SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
	SAS Companion for z/OS
	SAS Language Interfaces to Metadata
	SAS Macro Language: Reference
	SAS Output Delivery System: User's Guide
	SAS Scalable Performance Data Engine: Reference
	SAS XML LIBNAME Engine: User's Guide
	SAS/ACCESS for Relational Databases: Reference
	SAS/CONNECT User's Guide
	SAS/SHARE User's Guide

SAS Companion for Windows

The statements listed here are documented only in SAS Companion for Windows. Other statements in SAS Companion for Windows contain information specific to the Windows operating environment, where the main documentation is in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary. These latter statements are not listed here.

Statement	Description
SYSTASK	Executes, lists, or terminates asynchronous tasks.
WAITFOR	Suspends execution of the current SAS session until the specified tasks finish executing.

SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers

The statements listed here are documented only in SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers. Other statements in SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers contain information specific to the OpenVMS operating environment, where the main documentation is in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary. These latter statements are not listed here.

Statement	Description
SYSTASK	Executes, lists, or kills asynchronous tasks.
WAITFOR	Suspends execution of the current SAS session until the specified tasks finish executing.

SAS Companion for UNIX Environments

The statements listed here are documented only in SAS Companion for UNIX Environments. Other statements in SAS Companion for UNIX Environments contain information specific to the UNIX operating environment, where the main documentation is in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary. These latter statements are not listed here.

Statement	Description
SYSTASK	Executes asynchronous tasks.
WAITFOR	Suspends execution of the current SAS session until the specified tasks finish executing.

SAS Companion for z/OS

The statements listed here are documented only in SAS Companion for z/OS. Other statements in SAS Companion for z/OS contain information specific to the z/OS operating environment, where the main documentation is in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary. These latter statements are not listed here.

Statement	Description
DSNEXST	Checks to see whether the specified physical file exists and is available.
SYSTASK LIST	Lists asynchronous tasks.
TSO	Issues a TSO command or invokes a CLIST or a REXX exec during a SAS session.
WAITFOR	Suspends execution of the current SAS session until the specified tasks finish executing.

SAS Language Interfaces to Metadata

Statement	Description
LIBNAME Statement for the Metadata Engine	Associates a SAS libref with the metadata that is in a SAS Metadata Repository on the SAS Metadata Server.

SAS Macro Language: Reference

Statement	Description
%ABORT	Stops the macro that is executing along with the current DATA step, SAS job, or SAS session.
%* Macro Comment	Designates comment text.
%COPY	Copies specified items from a SAS macro library.
%DISPLAY	Displays a macro window.
%DO	Begins a %DO group.
%DO, Iterative	Executes a section of a macro repetitively based on the value of an index variable.
%DO %UNTIL	Executes a section of a macro repetitively until a condition is true.
%DO %WHILE	Executes a section of a macro repetitively while a condition is true.
%END	Ends a %DO group.
%GLOBAL	Creates macro variables that are available during the execution of an entire SAS session.
%GOTO	Branches macro processing to the specified label.
%IF-%THEN/%ELSE	Conditionally process a portion of a macro.
%INPUT	Supplies values to macro variables during macro execution.
%label	Identifies the destination of a %GOTO statement.
%LET	Creates a macro variable and assigns it a value.
%LOCAL	Creates macro variables that are available only during the execution of the macro where they are defined.
%MACRO	Begins a macro definition.
%MEND	Ends a macro definition.
%PUT	Writes text or macro variable information to the SAS log.
%RETURN	Execution causes normal termination of the currently executing macro.
%SYMDEL	Deletes the specified variable or variables from the macro global symbol table.
%SYSCALL	Invokes a SAS call routine.
%SYSEXEC	Issues operating environment commands.
%SYSLPUT	Creates a new macro variable or modifies the value of an existing macro variable on a remote host or server.
%SYSRPUT	Assigns the value of a macro variable on a remote host to a macro variable on the local host.
%WINDOW	Defines customized windows.

SAS Output Delivery System: User's Guide

Statement	Description
FILE, ODS	Creates an ODS output object by binding the data component to the table definition (template). Listing the variables to include in the ODS output, and specifying options that control the way that the variables are formatted is optional.
LIBNAME, SASEDOC	Uses the SASEDOC engine to associate a SAS libref (library reference) with one or more ODS output objects that are stored in an ODS document.
ODS _ALL_CLOSE	Closes all open ODS output destinations.
ODS CHTML	Opens, manages, or closes the CHTML destination, which produces a compact, minimal HTML that does not use style information.
ODS CSVALL	Opens, manages, or closes the CSVALL destination, which produces HTML output containing columns of data values that are separated by commas, and produces tabular output with titles, notes, and by lines.
ODS DECIMAL_ALIGN	Controls the justification of numeric columns when no justification is specified.
ODS DOCBOOK	Opens, manages, or closes the DOCBOOK destination, which produces XML output that conforms to the DocBook DTD by OASIS.
ODS DOCUMENT	Opens, manages, or closes the DOCUMENT destination, which produces a hierarchy of output objects that enables you to produce multiple ODS output formats without rerunning a PROC or DATA step.
ODS ESCAPECHAR	Defines a representative character to be used in output strings.
ODS EXCLUDE	Specifies output objects to exclude from ODS destinations.
ODS GRAPHICS	Enables ODS automatic graphic capabilities.
ODS HTML	Opens, manages, or closes the HTML destination, which produces HTML 4.0 output that contains embedded style sheets.
ODS HTMLCSS	Opens, manages, or closes the HTMLCSS destination, which produces HTML output with cascading style sheets.
ODS HTML3	Opens, manages, or closes the HTML3 destination, which produces HTML 3.2 formatted output.
ODS IMODE	Opens, manages, or closes the IMODE destination, which produces HTML output as a column of output, separated by lines.
ODS LISTING	Opens, manages, or closes the LISTING destination.
ODS MARKUP	Opens, manages, or closes the MARKUP destination, which produces SAS output that is formatted using one of many different markup languages.
ODS OUTPUT	Produces a SAS data set from an output object and manages the selection and exclusion lists for the OUTPUT destination.
ODS PACKAGE	Opens, adds to, publishes, or closes one SAS ODS package object.
ODS PATH	Specifies locations to write to or read from when creating or using PROC TEMPLATE definitions and the order in which to search for them.
ODS PCL	Opens, manages, or closes the PCL destination, which produces printable output for PCL (HP LaserJet) files.
ODS PDF	Opens, manages, or closes the PDF destination, which produces PDF output, a form of output that is read by Adobe Acrobat and other applications.
ODS PHTML	Opens, manages, or closes the PHTML destination, which produces simple HTML output that uses 12 style elements and no class attributes.
ODS PRINTER	Opens, manages, or closes the PRINTER destination, which produces printable output.
ODS PROCLABEL	Enables you to change a procedure label.
ODS PROCTITLE	Determines whether to write the title that identifies the procedure that produces the results in the output.
ODS PS	Opens, manages, or closes the PS destination, which produces PostScript (PS) output.
ODS RESULTS	Tracks ODS output in the Results window.
ODS RTF	Opens, manages, or closes the RTF destination, which produces output written in Rich Text Format for use with Microsoft Word 2002.
ODS SELECT	Specifies output objects for ODS destinations.
ODS SHOW	Writes the specified selection or exclusion list to the SAS log.
ODS TAGSETS.RTF	Opens, manages, or closes the RTF destination, which produces measured output that is written in Rich Text Format for use with Microsoft Word 2002.
ODS TEXT=	Inserts text into your ODS output.
ODS TRACE	Writes to the SAS log a record of each output object that is created, or else suppresses the writing of this record.
ODS USEGOPT	Determines whether ODS uses graphics option settings.
ODS VERIFY	Prints or suppresses a message indicating that a style definition or a table definition being used is not supplied by SAS.
ODS WML	Opens, manages, or closes the WML destination, which uses the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) to produce a Wireless Markup Language (WML) DTD with a simple list for a table of contents.
PUT, ODS	Writes data values to a special buffer from which they can be written to the data component and then formatted by ODS.

SAS Scalable Performance Data Engine: Reference

Statement	Description
LIBNAME for the Scalable Performance Data Engine	Associates a SAS libref with a SAS library for rapid processing of very large data sets by multiple CPUs.

SAS XML LIBNAME Engine: User's Guide

Statement	Description
LIBNAME for the XML Engine	Associates a SAS libref with the physical location of an XML document.

SAS/ACCESS for Relational Databases: Reference

Statement	Description
LIBNAME for SAS/ACCESS Relational Databases	Associates a SAS libref with a database management system (DBMS) database, schema, server, or group of tables or SAS views.

SAS/CONNECT User's Guide

Statement	Description
LIBNAME for SAS/CONNECT Remote Library Services	Associates a libref with a SAS library that is located on the server for client access.
LIBNAME for SAS/CONNECT TCP/IP Pipe	Associates a libref with a TCP/IP pipe (instead of a physical disk device) for processing input and output. The SASESOCK engine is required for SAS/CONNECT applications that implement MP CONNECT with piping.
RSUBMIT	Marks the beginning of a block of statements that a client session submits to a server session for execution.
SIGNON	Initiates a connection between a client session and a server session.

SAS/SHARE User's Guide

Statement	Description
LIBNAME for SAS/SHARE	In a client session, associates a libref with a SAS library that is located on the server for client access. In a server session, pre-defines a server library that clients are permitted to access.

Top of Page