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PACKAGE INFO Statement

(Experimental)

  • PACKAGE INFO packagename<(collection )> …;

The PACKAGE INFO statement is experimental in SAS/IML 14.1. The PACKAGE INFO statement displays information about one or more installed packages.

You must specify the following argument:

packagename

specifies the name of the package. You can specify multiple names in a single statement.

You can also specify the following option in parentheses:

collection

requests that only the specified collection be searched. Valid values for collection are PRIVATE, PUBLIC, and SYSTEM. For more information about collections, see the PACKAGE statement .

The displayed information comes from the info.txt file for the package. For example, the following statement displays information about the AboveBelow package, which is installed in the SYSTEM collection. The output is shown in Figure 25.268. 

package info AboveBelow;

Figure 25.268: Information about an Installed Package

Package Information
Name AboveBelow
Description Counts values above and below a specified value
Author SAS/IML Development Team
Collection System
Version 1.0
Requires IML 14.1
Directory C:\Program Files\SASHome\SASFoundation\9.4\iml\sasmisc\packages\AboveBelow