The XSL Procedure (Preproduction)

PROC XSL Statement

Transforms an XML document.

PROC XSL IN=fileref | 'external-file'

OUT=fileref | 'external-file'
XSL=fileref |'external-file';

Task	Argument
Specify the input file	IN=
Specify the output file	OUT=
Specify the XSL style sheet	XSL=

Required Arguments

IN=fileref | 'external-file'

specifies the input file. The file must be a well-formed XML document.

fileref: specifies the SAS fileref that is assigned to the input XML document. To assign a fileref, use the FILENAME statement.
'external-file': is the physical location of the input XML document. Include the complete pathname and the filename. Enclose the physical name in single or double quotation marks. The maximum length is 200 characters.

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OUT=fileref | 'external-file'

specifies the output file.

fileref: specifies the SAS fileref that is assigned to the output file. To assign a fileref, use the FILENAME statement.
'external-file': is the physical location of the output file. Include the complete pathname and the filename. Enclose the physical name in single or double quotation marks. The maximum length is 200 characters.

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XSL=fileref | 'external-file'

specifies the XSL style sheet to transform the XML document. The XSL style sheet is a file that describes how to transform the XML document by using the XSLT language. The XSL style sheet must be a well-formed XML document.

fileref: specifies the SAS fileref that is assigned to the XSL style sheet. To assign a fileref, use the FILENAME statement.
'external-file': is the physical location of the XSL style sheet. Include the complete pathname and the filename. Enclose the physical name in single or double quotation marks. The maximum length is 200 characters.

Alias:	XSLT
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