• Contents
  • About
  • What's New in the Base SAS 9.2 Language
  • Dictionary of Language Elements
    • SAS 9.2 Language Reference: Dictionary
      • The SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
      • Syntax Conventions for the SAS Language
    • SAS Data Set Options
      • Definition of Data Set Options
      • Syntax
      • Using Data Set Options
      • Data Set Options by Category
      • ALTER= Data Set Option
      • BUFNO= Data Set Option
      • BUFSIZE= Data Set Option
      • CNTLLEV= Data Set Option
      • COMPRESS= Data Set Option
      • DLDMGACTION= Data Set Option
      • DROP= Data Set Option
      • ENCRYPT= Data Set Option
      • FILECLOSE= Data Set Option
      • FIRSTOBS= Data Set Option
      • GENMAX= Data Set Option
      • GENNUM= Data Set Option
      • IDXNAME= Data Set Option
      • IDXWHERE= Data Set Option
      • IN= Data Set Option
      • INDEX= Data Set Option
      • KEEP= Data Set Option
      • LABEL= Data Set Option
      • OBS= Data Set Option
      • OBSBUF= Data Set Option
      • OUTREP= Data Set Option
      • POINTOBS= Data Set Option
      • PW= Data Set Option
      • PWREQ= Data Set Option
      • READ= Data Set Option
      • RENAME= Data Set Option
      • REPEMPTY= Data Set Option
      • REPLACE= Data Set Option
      • REUSE= Data Set Option
      • SORTEDBY= Data Set Option
      • SPILL= Data Set Option
      • TOBSNO= Data Set Option
      • TYPE= Data Set Option
      • WHERE= Data Set Option
      • WHEREUP= Data Set Option
      • WRITE= Data Set Option
      • Data Set Options Documented in Other SAS Publications
    • Formats
      • Definition of Formats
      • Syntax
      • Using Formats
      • Byte Ordering for Integer Binary Data on Big Endian and Little Endian Platforms
      • Data Conversions and Encodings
      • Working with Packed Decimal and Zoned Decimal Data
      • Working with Dates and Times Using the ISO 8601 Basic and Extended Notations
      • Formats by Category
      • $ASCIIw. Format
      • $BASE64Xw. Format
      • $BINARYw. Format
      • $CHARw. Format
      • $EBCDICw. Format
      • $HEXw. Format
      • $MSGCASEw. Format
      • $N8601Bw.d Format
      • $N8601BAw.d Format
      • $N8601Ew.d Format
      • $N8601EAw.d Format
      • $N8601EHw.d Format
      • $N8601EXw.d Format
      • $N8601Hw.d Format
      • $N8601Xw.d Format
      • $OCTALw. Format
      • $QUOTEw. Format
      • $REVERJw. Format
      • $REVERSw. Format
      • $UPCASEw. Format
      • $VARYINGw. Format
      • $w. Format
      • BESTw. Format
      • BESTDw.p Format
      • BINARYw. Format
      • B8601DAw. Format
      • B8601DNw. Format
      • B8601DTw.d Format
      • B8601DZw. Format
      • B8601LZw. Format
      • B8601TMw.d Format
      • B8601TZw. Format
      • COMMAw.d Format
      • COMMAXw.d Format
      • Dw.p Format
      • DATEw. Format
      • DATEAMPMw.d Format
      • DATETIMEw.d Format
      • DAYw. Format
      • DDMMYYw. Format
      • DDMMYYxw. Format
      • DOLLARw.d Format
      • DOLLARXw.d Format
      • DOWNAMEw. Format
      • DTDATEw. Format
      • DTMONYYw. Format
      • DTWKDATXw. Format
      • DTYEARw. Format
      • DTYYQCw. Format
      • Ew. Format
      • E8601DAw. Format
      • E8601DNw. Format
      • E8601DTw.d Format
      • E8601DZw. Format
      • E8601LZw. Format
      • E8601TMw.d Format
      • E8601TZw.d Format
      • FLOATw.d Format
      • FRACTw. Format
      • HEXw. Format
      • HHMMw.d Format
      • HOURw.d Format
      • IBw.d Format
      • IBRw.d Format
      • IEEEw.d Format
      • JULDAYw. Format
      • JULIANw. Format
      • MDYAMPMw.d Format
      • MMDDYYw. Format
      • MMDDYYxw. Format
      • MMSSw.d Format
      • MMYYw. Format
      • MMYYxw. Format
      • MONNAMEw. Format
      • MONTHw. Format
      • MONYYw. Format
      • NEGPARENw.d Format
      • NUMXw.d Format
      • OCTALw. Format
      • PDw.d Format
      • PDJULGw. Format
      • PDJULIw. Format
      • PERCENTw.d Format
      • PERCENTNw.d Format
      • PIBw.d Format
      • PIBRw.d Format
      • PKw.d Format
      • PVALUEw.d Format
      • QTRw. Format
      • QTRRw. Format
      • RBw.d Format
      • ROMANw. Format
      • S370FFw.d Format
      • S370FIBw.d Format
      • S370FIBUw.d Format
      • S370FPDw.d Format
      • S370FPDUw.d Format
      • S370FPIBw.d Format
      • S370FRBw.d Format
      • S370FZDw.d Format
      • S370FZDLw.d Format
      • S370FZDSw.d Format
      • S370FZDTw.d Format
      • S370FZDUw.d Format
      • SSNw. Format
      • TIMEw.d Format
      • TIMEAMPMw.d Format
      • TODw.d Format
      • VAXRBw.d Format
      • VMSZNw.d Format
      • w.d Format
      • WEEKDATEw. Format
      • WEEKDATXw. Format
      • WEEKDAYw. Format
      • WEEKUw. Format
      • WEEKVw. Format
      • WEEKWw. Format
      • WORDDATEw. Format
      • WORDDATXw. Format
      • WORDFw. Format
      • WORDSw. Format
      • YEARw. Format
      • YYMMw. Format
      • YYMMxw. Format
      • YYMMDDw. Format
      • YYMMDDxw. Format
      • YYMONw. Format
      • YYQw. Format
      • YYQxw. Format
      • YYQRw. Format
      • YYQRxw. Format
      • Zw.d Format
      • ZDw.d Format
      • Formats Documented in Other SAS Publications
    • Functions and CALL Routines
      • Definitions of Functions and CALL Routines
      • Syntax
      • Using Functions and CALL Routines
      • Function Compatibility with SBCS, DBCS, and MBCS Character Sets
      • Using Random-Number Functions and CALL Routines
      • Date and Time Intervals
      • Pattern Matching Using Perl Regular Expressions (PRX)
      • Using Perl Regular Expressions in the DATA Step
      • Writing Perl Debug Output to the SAS Log
      • Perl Artistic License Compliance
      • Base SAS Functions for Web Applications
      • Functions and CALL Routines by Category
      • ABS Function
      • ADDR Function
      • ADDRLONG Function
      • AIRY Function
      • ALLCOMB Function
      • ALLPERM Function
      • ANYALNUM Function
      • ANYALPHA Function
      • ANYCNTRL Function
      • ANYDIGIT Function
      • ANYFIRST Function
      • ANYGRAPH Function
      • ANYLOWER Function
      • ANYNAME Function
      • ANYPRINT Function
      • ANYPUNCT Function
      • ANYSPACE Function
      • ANYUPPER Function
      • ANYXDIGIT Function
      • ARCOS Function
      • ARCOSH Function
      • ARSIN Function
      • ARSINH Function
      • ARTANH Function
      • ATAN Function
      • ATAN2 Function
      • ATTRC Function
      • ATTRN Function
      • BAND Function
      • BETA Function
      • BETAINV Function
      • BLACKCLPRC Function
      • BLACKPTPRC Function
      • BLKSHCLPRC Function
      • BLKSHPTPRC Function
      • BLSHIFT Function
      • BNOT Function
      • BOR Function
      • BRSHIFT Function
      • BXOR Function
      • BYTE Function
      • CALL ALLCOMB Routine
      • CALL ALLCOMBI Routine
      • CALL ALLPERM Routine
      • CALL CATS Routine
      • CALL CATT Routine
      • CALL CATX Routine
      • CALL COMPCOST Routine
      • CALL EXECUTE Routine
      • CALL GRAYCODE Routine
      • CALL IS8601_CONVERT Routine
      • CALL LABEL Routine
      • CALL LEXCOMB Routine
      • CALL LEXCOMBI Routine
      • CALL LEXPERK Routine
      • CALL LEXPERM Routine
      • CALL LOGISTIC Routine
      • CALL MISSING Routine
      • CALL MODULE Routine
      • CALL POKE Routine
      • CALL POKELONG Routine
      • CALL PRXCHANGE Routine
      • CALL PRXDEBUG Routine
      • CALL PRXFREE Routine
      • CALL PRXNEXT Routine
      • CALL PRXPOSN Routine
      • CALL PRXSUBSTR Routine
      • CALL RANBIN Routine
      • CALL RANCAU Routine
      • CALL RANEXP Routine
      • CALL RANGAM Routine
      • CALL RANNOR Routine
      • CALL RANPERK Routine
      • CALL RANPERM Routine
      • CALL RANPOI Routine
      • CALL RANTBL Routine
      • CALL RANTRI Routine
      • CALL RANUNI Routine
      • CALL SCAN Routine
      • CALL SET Routine
      • CALL SLEEP Routine
      • CALL SOFTMAX Routine
      • CALL SORTC Routine
      • CALL SORTN Routine
      • CALL STDIZE Routine
      • CALL STREAMINIT Routine
      • CALL SYMPUT Routine
      • CALL SYMPUTX Routine
      • CALL SYSTEM Routine
      • CALL TANH Routine
      • CALL VNAME Routine
      • CALL VNEXT Routine
      • CAT Function
      • CATQ Function
      • CATS Function
      • CATT Function
      • CATX Function
      • CDF Function
      • CEIL Function
      • CEILZ Function
      • CEXIST Function
      • CHAR Function
      • CHOOSEC Function
      • CHOOSEN Function
      • CINV Function
      • CLOSE Function
      • CMISS Function
      • CNONCT Function
      • COALESCE Function
      • COALESCEC Function
      • COLLATE Function
      • COMB Function
      • COMPARE Function
      • COMPBL Function
      • COMPGED Function
      • COMPLEV Function
      • COMPOUND Function
      • COMPRESS Function
      • CONSTANT Function
      • CONVX Function
      • CONVXP Function
      • COS Function
      • COSH Function
      • COUNT Function
      • COUNTC Function
      • COUNTW Function
      • CSS Function
      • CUROBS Function
      • CV Function
      • DACCDB Function
      • DACCDBSL Function
      • DACCSL Function
      • DACCSYD Function
      • DACCTAB Function
      • DAIRY Function
      • DATDIF Function
      • DATE Function
      • DATEJUL Function
      • DATEPART Function
      • DATETIME Function
      • DAY Function
      • DCLOSE Function
      • DCREATE Function
      • DEPDB Function
      • DEPDBSL Function
      • DEPSL Function
      • DEPSYD Function
      • DEPTAB Function
      • DEQUOTE Function
      • DEVIANCE Function
      • DHMS Function
      • DIF Function
      • DIGAMMA Function
      • DIM Function
      • DINFO Function
      • DIVIDE Function
      • DNUM Function
      • DOPEN Function
      • DOPTNAME Function
      • DOPTNUM Function
      • DREAD Function
      • DROPNOTE Function
      • DSNAME Function
      • DUR Function
      • DURP Function
      • ENVLEN Function
      • ERF Function
      • ERFC Function
      • EUCLID Function
      • EXIST Function
      • EXP Function
      • FACT Function
      • FAPPEND Function
      • FCLOSE Function
      • FCOL Function
      • FDELETE Function
      • FETCH Function
      • FETCHOBS Function
      • FEXIST Function
      • FGET Function
      • FILEEXIST Function
      • FILENAME Function
      • FILEREF Function
      • FINANCE Function
      • FIND Function
      • FINDC Function
      • FINDW Function
      • FINFO Function
      • FINV Function
      • FIPNAME Function
      • FIPNAMEL Function
      • FIPSTATE Function
      • FIRST Function
      • FLOOR Function
      • FLOORZ Function
      • FNONCT Function
      • FNOTE Function
      • FOPEN Function
      • FOPTNAME Function
      • FOPTNUM Function
      • FPOINT Function
      • FPOS Function
      • FPUT Function
      • FREAD Function
      • FREWIND Function
      • FRLEN Function
      • FSEP Function
      • FUZZ Function
      • FWRITE Function
      • GAMINV Function
      • GAMMA Function
      • GARKHCLPRC Function
      • GARKHPTPRC Function
      • GCD Function
      • GEODIST Function
      • GEOMEAN Function
      • GEOMEANZ Function
      • GETOPTION Function
      • GETVARC Function
      • GETVARN Function
      • GRAYCODE Function
      • HARMEAN Function
      • HARMEANZ Function
      • HBOUND Function
      • HMS Function
      • HOLIDAY Function
      • HOUR Function
      • HTMLDECODE Function
      • HTMLENCODE Function
      • IBESSEL Function
      • IFC Function
      • IFN Function
      • INDEX Function
      • INDEXC Function
      • INDEXW Function
      • INPUT Function
      • INPUTC Function
      • INPUTN Function
      • INT Function
      • INTCINDEX Function
      • INTCK Function
      • INTCYCLE Function
      • INTFIT Function
      • INTFMT Function
      • INTGET Function
      • INTINDEX Function
      • INTNX Function
      • INTRR Function
      • INTSEAS Function
      • INTSHIFT Function
      • INTTEST Function
      • INTZ Function
      • IORCMSG Function
      • IQR Function
      • IRR Function
      • JBESSEL Function
      • JULDATE Function
      • JULDATE7 Function
      • KURTOSIS Function
      • LAG Function
      • LARGEST Function
      • LBOUND Function
      • LCM Function
      • LCOMB Function
      • LEFT Function
      • LENGTH Function
      • LENGTHC Function
      • LENGTHM Function
      • LENGTHN Function
      • LEXCOMB Function
      • LEXCOMBI Function
      • LEXPERK Function
      • LEXPERM Function
      • LFACT Function
      • LGAMMA Function
      • LIBNAME Function
      • LIBREF Function
      • LOG Function
      • LOG1PX Function
      • LOG10 Function
      • LOG2 Function
      • LOGBETA Function
      • LOGCDF Function
      • LOGPDF Function
      • LOGSDF Function
      • LOWCASE Function
      • LPERM Function
      • LPNORM Function
      • MAD Function
      • MARGRCLPRC Function
      • MARGRPTPRC Function
      • MAX Function
      • MD5 Function
      • MDY Function
      • MEAN Function
      • MEDIAN Function
      • MIN Function
      • MINUTE Function
      • MISSING Function
      • MOD Function
      • MODEXIST Function
      • MODULEC Function
      • MODULEN Function
      • MODZ Function
      • MONTH Function
      • MOPEN Function
      • MORT Function
      • MSPLINT Function
      • N Function
      • NETPV Function
      • NLITERAL Function
      • NMISS Function
      • NORMAL Function
      • NOTALNUM Function
      • NOTALPHA Function
      • NOTCNTRL Function
      • NOTDIGIT Function
      • NOTE Function
      • NOTFIRST Function
      • NOTGRAPH Function
      • NOTLOWER Function
      • NOTNAME Function
      • NOTPRINT Function
      • NOTPUNCT Function
      • NOTSPACE Function
      • NOTUPPER Function
      • NOTXDIGIT Function
      • NPV Function
      • NVALID Function
      • NWKDOM Function
      • OPEN Function
      • ORDINAL Function
      • PATHNAME Function
      • PCTL Function
      • PDF Function
      • PEEK Function
      • PEEKC Function
      • PEEKCLONG Function
      • PEEKLONG Function
      • PERM Function
      • POINT Function
      • POISSON Function
      • PROBBETA Function
      • PROBBNML Function
      • PROBBNRM Function
      • PROBCHI Function
      • PROBF Function
      • PROBGAM Function
      • PROBHYPR Function
      • PROBIT Function
      • PROBMC Function
      • PROBNEGB Function
      • PROBNORM Function
      • PROBT Function
      • PROPCASE Function
      • PRXCHANGE Function
      • PRXMATCH Function
      • PRXPAREN Function
      • PRXPARSE Function
      • PRXPOSN Function
      • PTRLONGADD Function
      • PUT Function
      • PUTC Function
      • PUTN Function
      • PVP Function
      • QTR Function
      • QUANTILE Function
      • QUOTE Function
      • RANBIN Function
      • RANCAU Function
      • RAND Function
      • RANEXP Function
      • RANGAM Function
      • RANGE Function
      • RANK Function
      • RANNOR Function
      • RANPOI Function
      • RANTBL Function
      • RANTRI Function
      • RANUNI Function
      • RENAME Function
      • REPEAT Function
      • RESOLVE Function
      • REVERSE Function
      • REWIND Function
      • RIGHT Function
      • RMS Function
      • ROUND Function
      • ROUNDE Function
      • ROUNDZ Function
      • SAVING Function
      • SCAN Function
      • SDF Function
      • SECOND Function
      • SIGN Function
      • SIN Function
      • SINH Function
      • SKEWNESS Function
      • SLEEP Function
      • SMALLEST Function
      • SOUNDEX Function
      • SPEDIS Function
      • SQRT Function
      • STD Function
      • STDERR Function
      • STFIPS Function
      • STNAME Function
      • STNAMEL Function
      • STRIP Function
      • SUBPAD Function
      • SUBSTR (left of =) Function
      • SUBSTR (right of =) Function
      • SUBSTRN Function
      • SUM Function
      • SUMABS Function
      • SYMEXIST Function
      • SYMGET Function
      • SYMGLOBL Function
      • SYMLOCAL Function
      • SYSGET Function
      • SYSMSG Function
      • SYSPARM Function
      • SYSPROCESSID Function
      • SYSPROCESSNAME Function
      • SYSPROD Function
      • SYSRC Function
      • SYSTEM Function
      • TAN Function
      • TANH Function
      • TIME Function
      • TIMEPART Function
      • TINV Function
      • TNONCT Function
      • TODAY Function
      • TRANSLATE Function
      • TRANSTRN Function
      • TRANWRD Function
      • TRIGAMMA Function
      • TRIM Function
      • TRIMN Function
      • TRUNC Function
      • UNIFORM Function
      • UPCASE Function
      • URLDECODE Function
      • URLENCODE Function
      • USS Function
      • UUIDGEN Function
      • VAR Function
      • VARFMT Function
      • VARINFMT Function
      • VARLABEL Function
      • VARLEN Function
      • VARNAME Function
      • VARNUM Function
      • VARRAY Function
      • VARRAYX Function
      • VARTYPE Function
      • VERIFY Function
      • VFORMAT Function
      • VFORMATD Function
      • VFORMATDX Function
      • VFORMATN Function
      • VFORMATNX Function
      • VFORMATW Function
      • VFORMATWX Function
      • VFORMATX Function
      • VINARRAY Function
      • VINARRAYX Function
      • VINFORMAT Function
      • VINFORMATD Function
      • VINFORMATDX Function
      • VINFORMATN Function
      • VINFORMATNX Function
      • VINFORMATW Function
      • VINFORMATWX Function
      • VINFORMATX Function
      • VLABEL Function
      • VLABELX Function
      • VLENGTH Function
      • VLENGTHX Function
      • VNAME Function
      • VNAMEX Function
      • VTYPE Function
      • VTYPEX Function
      • VVALUE Function
      • VVALUEX Function
      • WEEK Function
      • WEEKDAY Function
      • WHICHC Function
      • WHICHN Function
      • YEAR Function
      • YIELDP Function
      • YRDIF Function
      • YYQ Function
      • ZIPCITY Function
      • ZIPCITYDISTANCE Function
      • ZIPFIPS Function
      • ZIPNAME Function
      • ZIPNAMEL Function
      • ZIPSTATE Function
      • Functions and CALL Routines Documented in Other SAS Publications
      • References
    • Informats
      • Definition of Informats
      • Syntax
      • Using Informats
      • Byte Ordering for Integer Binary Data on Big Endian and Little Endian Platforms
      • Working with Packed Decimal and Zoned Decimal Data
      • Reading Dates and Times Using the ISO 860 Basic and Extended Notations
      • Informats by Category
      • $ASCIIw. Informat
      • $BASE64Xw. Informat
      • $BINARYw. Informat
      • $CBw. Informat
      • $CHARw. Informat
      • $CHARZBw. Informat
      • $EBCDICw. Informat
      • $HEXw. Informat
      • $OCTALw. Informat
      • $PHEXw. Informat
      • $N8601Bw.d Informat
      • $N8601Ew.d Informat
      • $QUOTEw. Informat
      • $UPCASEw. Informat
      • $VARYINGw. Informat
      • $w. Informat
      • ANYDTDTEw. Informat
      • ANYDTDTMw. Informat
      • ANYDTTMEw. Informat
      • B8601DAw. Informat
      • B8601DNw. Informat
      • B8601DTw.d Informat
      • B8601DZw.d Informat
      • B8601TMw.d Informat
      • B8601TZw.d Informat
      • BINARYw.d Informat
      • BITSw.d Informat
      • BZw.d Informat
      • CBw.d Informat
      • COMMAw.d Informat
      • COMMAXw.d Informat
      • DATEw. Informat
      • DATETIMEw. Informat
      • DDMMYYw. Informat
      • Ew.d Informat
      • E8601DAw. Informat
      • E8601DNw. Informat
      • E8601DTw.d Informat
      • E8601DZw.d Informat
      • E8601LZw.d Informat
      • E8601TMw.d Informat
      • E8601TZw.d Informat
      • FLOATw.d Informat
      • HEXw. Informat
      • IBw.d Informat
      • IBRw.d Informat
      • IEEEw.d Informat
      • JULIANw. Informat
      • MDYAMPMw.d Informat
      • MMDDYYw. Informat
      • MONYYw. Informat
      • MSECw. Informat
      • NUMXw.d Informat
      • OCTALw.d Informat
      • PDw.d Informat
      • PDJULGw. Informat
      • PDJULIw. Informat
      • PDTIMEw. Informat
      • PERCENTw.d Informat
      • PIBw.d Informat
      • PIBRw.d Informat
      • PKw.d Informat
      • PUNCH.d Informat
      • RBw.d Informat
      • RMFDURw. Informat
      • RMFSTAMPw. Informat
      • ROWw.d Informat
      • S370FFw.d Informat
      • S370FIBw.d Informat
      • S370FIBUw.d Informat
      • S370FPDw.d Informat
      • S370FPDUw.d Informat
      • S370FPIBw.d Informat
      • S370FRBw.d Informat
      • S370FZDBw.d Informat
      • S370FZDw.d Informat
      • S370FZDLw.d Informat
      • S370FZDSw.d Informat
      • S370FZDTw.d Informat
      • S370FZDUw.d Informat
      • SHRSTAMPw. Informat
      • SMFSTAMPw. Informat
      • STIMERw. Informat
      • TIMEw. Informat
      • TODSTAMPw. Informat
      • TRAILSGNw. Informat
      • TUw. Informat
      • VAXRBw.d Informat
      • VMSZNw.d Informat
      • WEEKUw. Informat
      • WEEKVw. Informat
      • WEEKWw. Informat
      • w.d Informat
      • YMDDTTMw.d Informat
      • YYMMDDw. Informat
      • YYMMNw. Informat
      • YYQw. Informat
      • ZDw.d Informat
      • ZDBw.d Informat
      • ZDVw.d Informat
      • Informats Documented in Other Base SAS Publications
    • Statements
      • Definition of Statements
      • DATA Step Statements
      • Global Statements
      • ABORT Statement
      • ARRAY Statement
      • Array Reference Statement
      • Assignment Statement
      • ATTRIB Statement
      • BY Statement
      • CALL Statement
      • CARDS Statement
      • CARDS4 Statement
      • CATNAME Statement
      • CHECKPOINT EXECUTE_ALWAYS Statement
      • Comment Statement
      • CONTINUE Statement
      • DATA Statement
      • DATALINES Statement
      • DATALINES4 Statement
      • DECLARE Statement, Hash and Hash Iterator Objects
      • DECLARE Statement, Java Object
      • DELETE Statement
      • DESCRIBE Statement
      • DISPLAY Statement
      • DM Statement
      • DO Statement
      • DO Statement, Iterative
      • DO UNTIL Statement
      • DO WHILE Statement
      • DROP Statement
      • END Statement
      • ENDSAS Statement
      • ERROR Statement
      • EXECUTE Statement
      • FILE Statement
      • FILENAME Statement
      • FILENAME Statement, CATALOG Access Method
      • FILENAME, CLIPBOARD Access Method
      • FILENAME Statement, EMAIL (SMTP) Access Method
      • FILENAME Statement, FTP Access Method
      • FILENAME Statement, SFTP Access Method
      • FILENAME Statement, SOCKET Access Method
      • FILENAME Statement, URL Access Method
      • FILENAME Statement, WebDAV Access Method
      • FOOTNOTE Statement
      • FORMAT Statement
      • GO TO Statement
      • IF Statement, Subsetting
      • IF-THEN/ELSE Statement
      • %INCLUDE Statement
      • INFILE Statement
      • INFORMAT Statement
      • INPUT Statement
      • INPUT Statement, Column
      • INPUT Statement, Formatted
      • INPUT Statement, List
      • INPUT Statement, Named
      • KEEP Statement
      • LABEL Statement
      • Labels, Statement
      • LEAVE Statement
      • LENGTH Statement
      • LIBNAME Statement
      • LIBNAME Statement for WebDAV Server Access
      • LINK Statement
      • LIST Statement
      • %LIST Statement
      • LOCK Statement
      • LOSTCARD Statement
      • MERGE Statement
      • MISSING Statement
      • MODIFY Statement
      • Null Statement
      • OPTIONS Statement
      • OUTPUT Statement
      • PAGE Statement
      • PUT Statement
      • PUT Statement, Column
      • PUT Statement, Formatted
      • PUT Statement, List
      • PUT Statement, Named
      • PUTLOG Statement
      • REDIRECT Statement
      • REMOVE Statement
      • RENAME Statement
      • REPLACE Statement
      • RETAIN Statement
      • RETURN Statement
      • RUN Statement
      • %RUN Statement
      • SASFILE Statement
      • SELECT Statement
      • SET Statement
      • SKIP Statement
      • STOP Statement
      • Sum Statement
      • SYSECHO Statement
      • TITLE Statement
      • UPDATE Statement
      • WHERE Statement
      • WINDOW Statement
      • X Statement
      • SAS Statements Documented in Other SAS Publications
    • SAS System Options
      • Definition of System Options
      • Syntax
      • Using SAS System Options
      • Comparisons
      • SAS System Options by Category
      • APPEND= System Option
      • APPLETLOC= System Option
      • AUTHPROVIDERDOMAIN System Option
      • AUTOSAVELOC= System Option
      • BINDING= System Option
      • BOTTOMMARGIN= System Option
      • BUFNO= System Option
      • BUFSIZE= System Option
      • BYERR System Option
      • BYLINE System Option
      • BYSORTED System Option
      • CAPS System Option
      • CARDIMAGE System Option
      • CATCACHE= System Option
      • CBUFNO= System Option
      • CENTER System Option
      • CGOPTIMIZE= System Option
      • CHARCODE System Option
      • CLEANUP System Option
      • CMPLIB= System Option
      • CMPMODEL= System Option
      • CMPOPT= System Option
      • COLLATE System Option
      • COLORPRINTING System Option
      • COMPRESS= System Option
      • COPIES= System Option
      • CPUCOUNT= System Option
      • CPUID System Option
      • DATASTMTCHK= System Option
      • DATE System Option
      • DATESTYLE= System Option
      • DEFLATION= System Option
      • DETAILS System Option
      • DEVICE= System Option
      • DKRICOND= System Option
      • DKROCOND= System Option
      • DLDMGACTION= System Option
      • DMR System Option
      • DMS System Option
      • DMSEXP System Option
      • DMSLOGSIZE= System Option
      • DMSOUTSIZE= System Option
      • DMSPGMLINESIZE= System Option
      • DMSSYNCHK System Option
      • DSNFERR System Option
      • DTRESET System Option
      • DUPLEX System Option
      • ECHOAUTO System Option
      • EMAILAUTHPROTOCOL= System Option
      • EMAILFROM System Option
      • EMAILHOST= System Option
      • EMAILID= System Option
      • EMAILPORT System Option
      • EMAILPW= System Option
      • ENGINE= System Option
      • ERRORABEND System Option
      • ERRORBYABEND System Option
      • ERRORCHECK= System Option
      • ERRORS= System Option
      • EXPLORER System Option
      • FILESYNC= System Option
      • FIRSTOBS= System Option
      • FMTERR System Option
      • FMTSEARCH= System Option
      • FONTEMBEDDING System Option
      • FONTRENDERING= System Option
      • FONTSLOC= System Option
      • FORMCHAR= System Option
      • FORMDLIM= System Option
      • FORMS= System Option
      • GSTYLE System Option
      • GWINDOW System Option
      • HELPBROWSER= System Option
      • HELPENCMD System Option
      • HELPHOST System Option
      • HELPPORT= System Option
      • HTTPSERVERPORTMAX= System Option
      • HTTPSERVERPORTMIN= System Option
      • IBUFNO= System Option
      • IBUFSIZE= System Option
      • INITCMD System Option
      • INITSTMT= System Option
      • INSERT= System Option
      • INTERVALDS= System Option
      • INVALIDDATA= System Option
      • JPEGQUALITY= System Option
      • LABEL System Option
      • _LAST_= System Option
      • LEFTMARGIN= System Option
      • LINESIZE= System Option
      • LOGPARM= System Option
      • LRECL= System Option
      • MAPS= System Option
      • MERGENOBY System Option
      • MISSING= System Option
      • MSGLEVEL= System Option
      • MULTENVAPPL System Option
      • NEWS= System Option
      • NOTES System Option
      • NUMBER System Option
      • OBS= System Option
      • ORIENTATION= System Option
      • OVP System Option
      • PAGEBREAKINITIAL System Option
      • PAGENO= System Option
      • PAGESIZE= System Option
      • PAPERDEST= System Option
      • PAPERSIZE= System Option
      • PAPERSOURCE= System Option
      • PAPERTYPE= System Option
      • PARM= System Option
      • PARMCARDS= System Option
      • PDFACCESS System Option
      • PDFASSEMBLY System Option
      • PDFCOMMENT System Option
      • PDFCONTENT System Option
      • PDFCOPY System Option
      • PDFFILLIN System Option
      • PDFPAGELAYOUT= System Option
      • PDFPAGEVIEW= System Option
      • PDFPASSWORD= System Option
      • PDFPRINT= System Option
      • PDFSECURITY= System Option
      • PRIMARYPROVIDERDOMAIN= System Option
      • PRINTERPATH= System Option
      • PRINTINIT System Option
      • PRINTMSGLIST System Option
      • QUOTELENMAX System Option
      • REPLACE System Option
      • REUSE= System Option
      • RIGHTMARGIN= System Option
      • RLANG System Option
      • RSASUSER System Option
      • S= System Option
      • S2= System Option
      • S2V= System Option
      • SASHELP= System Option
      • SASUSER= System Option
      • SEQ= System Option
      • SETINIT System Option
      • SKIP= System Option
      • SOLUTIONS System Option
      • SORTDUP= System Option
      • SORTEQUALS System Option
      • SORTSIZE= System Option
      • SORTVALIDATE System Option
      • SOURCE System Option
      • SOURCE2 System Option
      • SPOOL System Option
      • SQLCONSTDATETIME System Option
      • SQLREDUCEPUT= System Option
      • SQLREDUCEPUTOBS= System Option
      • SQLREDUCEPUTVALUES= System Option
      • SQLREMERGE System Option
      • SQLUNDOPOLICY= System Option
      • STARTLIB System Option
      • STEPCHKPT System Option
      • STEPCHKPTLIB= System Option
      • STEPRESTART System Option
      • SUMSIZE= System Option
      • SVGCONTROLBUTTONS
      • SVGHEIGHT= System Option
      • SVGPRESERVEASPECTRATIO= System Option
      • SVGTITLE= System Option
      • SVGVIEWBOX= System Option
      • SVGWIDTH= System Option
      • SVGX= System Option
      • SVGY= System Option
      • SYNTAXCHECK System Option
      • SYSPRINTFONT= System Option
      • TERMINAL System Option
      • TERMSTMT= System Option
      • TEXTURELOC= System Option
      • THREADS System Option
      • TOOLSMENU System Option
      • TOPMARGIN= System Option
      • TRAINLOC= System Option
      • UNIVERSALPRINT System Option
      • UPRINTCOMPRESSION System Option
      • USER= System Option
      • UTILLOC= System Option
      • UUIDCOUNT= System Option
      • UUIDGENDHOST= System Option
      • V6CREATEUPDATE= System Option
      • VALIDFMTNAME= System Option
      • VALIDVARNAME= System Option
      • VARLENCHK= System Option
      • VIEWMENU System Option
      • VNFERR System Option
      • WORK= System Option
      • WORKINIT System Option
      • WORKTERM System Option
      • YEARCUTOFF= System Option
      • SAS System Options Documented in Other SAS Publications
  • Dictionary of Component Object Language Elements
    • Component Objects
      • DATA Step Component Objects
      • The DATA Step Component Interface
      • Dot Notation and DATA Step Component Objects
      • Rules When Using Component Objects
    • Hash and Hash Iterator Object Language Elements
      • ADD Method
      • CHECK Method
      • CLEAR Method
      • DECLARE Statement, Hash and Hash Iterator Objects
      • DEFINEDATA Method
      • DEFINEDONE Method
      • DEFINEKEY Method
      • DELETE Method
      • EQUALS Method
      • FIND Method
      • FIND_NEXT Method
      • FIND_PREV Method
      • FIRST Method
      • HAS_NEXT Method
      • HAS_PREV Method
      • ITEM_SIZE Attribute
      • LAST Method
      • _NEW_ Operator, Hash or Hash Iterator Object
      • NEXT Method
      • NUM_ITEMS Attribute
      • OUTPUT Method
      • PREV Method
      • REF Method
      • REMOVE Method
      • REMOVEDUP Method
      • REPLACE Method
      • REPLACEDUP Method
      • SETCUR Method
      • SUM Method
      • SUMDUP Method
    • Java Object Language Elements
      • Java Object Methods by Category
      • CALLtypeMETHOD Method
      • CALLSTATICtypeMETHOD Method
      • DECLARE Statement, Java Object
      • DELETE Method
      • EXCEPTIONCHECK Method
      • EXCEPTIONCLEAR Method
      • EXCEPTIONDESCRIBE Method
      • FLUSHJAVAOUTPUT Method
      • GETtypeFIELD Method
      • GETSTATICtypeFIELD Method
      • _NEW_ Operator, Java Object
      • SETtypeFIELD Method
      • SETSTATICtypeFIELD Method
  • Appendixes
    • DATA Step Debugger
      • Introduction
      • Basic Usage
      • Advanced Usage: Using the Macro Facility with the Debugger
      • Examples
      • Commands
      • Dictionary
      • BREAK
      • CALCULATE
      • DELETE
      • DESCRIBE
      • ENTER
      • EXAMINE
      • GO
      • HELP
      • JUMP
      • LIST
      • QUIT
      • SET
      • STEP
      • SWAP
      • TRACE
      • WATCH
    • Perl Regular Expression (PRX) Metacharacters
      • Tables of Perl Regular Expression (PRX) Metacharacters
    • SAS Utility Macro
      • %DS2CSV Macro
    • Recommended Reading


ProductRelease
Base SAS9.21_M3
Type
Usage and Reference
Copyright Date
February 2011
Last Updated
23Aug2011