DICT Command
Includes, releases, and creates an auxiliary dictionary.
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Text editing, command-line command |
Syntax
DICT INCLUDE dictionary-name | FREE dictionary-name | CREATE dictionary-name <size>
Required Arguments
- INCLUDE dictionary-name
-
makes the auxiliary
dictionary that is specified available in the current SAS session.
Only a one-level name is accepted. The SASUSER.PROFILE catalog is
checked first for the dictionary. Then, the SASHELP.BASE catalog is
checked. If the auxiliary dictionary is not found, SAS issues an error
message. If the auxiliary dictionary is made available from the SASHELP.BASE
catalog, no changes to it are saved. If it is made available from
the SASUSER.PROFILE catalog, changes to it are saved.
- FREE dictionary-name
-
releases the auxiliary
dictionary that is specified. A newly created dictionary is not saved
in the SASUSER.PROFILE catalog until you issue the DICT command with
the FREE argument, or you end the current interactive windowing task.
If the auxiliary dictionary has been modified, the changes are saved
when you issue the DICT command with the FREE argument. These changes
are saved unless the auxiliary dictionary was made available from
the SASHELP.BASE catalog.
- CREATE dictionary-name
-
creates a new auxiliary
dictionary as specified. The dictionary is initially empty. When the
dictionary is released, it is saved in the SASUSER.PROFILE catalog.
Only a one-level name is accepted.
- size
-
specifies the size
in bytes of the auxiliary dictionary. The default is 9,808 bytes.
Details
The DICT command includes,
releases, and creates an auxiliary dictionary. The SPELL command checks
spelling and flags unrecognized words. In addition, the SPELL command
can create and update dictionaries.