Restriction: |
You cannot use the WHERE option to affect
the output because PROC CONTENTS does not process any observations.
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Tip: |
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Tip: |
You can use the ATTRIB, FORMAT, and LABEL statements.
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Tip: |
You can use data set options with the DATA=, OUT=,
and OUT2= options.
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Tip: |
Complete documentation for the CONTENTS statement
and the CONTENTS procedure is in CONTENTS Statement.
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See: |
CONTENTS Procedure
under Windows UNIX
z/OS OpenVMS
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Table of Contents: |
The CONTENTS Procedure
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PROC CONTENTS <option-1
<...option-n>>;
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Note:
The links in the following table are to the DATASETS
procedure
documentation, which explains these options. ![[cautionend]](../../../../common/63294/HTML/default/images/cautend.gif)
Task |
Option |
List the contents of one or more SAS data sets and print the directory
of the SAS library |
PROC CONTENTS
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Print centiles information for indexed variables |
CENTILES
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Specify the input data set |
DATA=
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Include information in the output about the number of observations,
number of variables, number of indexes, and data set labels |
DETAILS|NODETAILS
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Print a list of the SAS files in the SAS library |
DIRECTORY
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Print the length of a variable's informat or format |
FMTLEN
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Restrict processing to one or more types of SAS files |
MEMTYPE=
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Suppress the printing of individual files |
NODS
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Suppress the printing of the output |
NOPRINT
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Print a list of variables in various order |
ORDER=
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Specify the name for an output data set |
OUT=
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Specify the name of an output data set to contain information about
indexes and integrity constraints |
OUT2=
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Print abbreviated output |
SHORT
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Print a list of the variables by their position in the data set. By
default, the CONTENTS statement lists the variables alphabetically. |
VARNUM
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Note:
The ORDER= option does not affect the order of the
OUT= and OUT2= data sets. ![[cautionend]](../../../../common/63294/HTML/default/images/cautend.gif)
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