FOPTNUM Function

Returns the number of information items that are available for an external file.

Category:	External Files
See:	FOPTNUM Function: Windows in SAS Companion for Windows
	FOPTNUM Function: UNIX in SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
	FOPTNUM Function: z/OS in SAS Companion for z/OS

Syntax

FOPTNUM(file-id)

is a numeric variable that specifies the identifier that was assigned when the file was opened, generally by the FOPEN function.

Windows Specifics: The number, value, and type of information items that are available depend on the operating environment.

Use FOPTNAME to determine the names of the items that are available for a particular operating environment.
Use FINFO to retrieve the value of a particular information item.

This example opens the external file with the fileref MYFILE and determines the number of system-dependent file information items available:

%let fid=%sysfunc(fopen(myfile));
%let infonum=%sysfunc(foptnum(&fid));