To reference a file
directly in a SAS statement or command, specify
in quotation marks its physical name, which is the name by which the operating
environment recognizes it, as shown in the following table:
Referencing External Files Directly
External File Task |
Tool |
Example |
Specify the file that contains input data. |
INFILE |
data weight;
infile 'input-file';
input idno $ week1 week16;
loss=week1-week16;
|
Identify the file that the PUT statement writes to. |
FILE |
file 'output-file';
if loss ge 5 and loss le 9 then
put idno loss 'AWARD STATUS=3';
else if loss ge 10 and loss le 14 then
put idno loss 'AWARD STATUS=2';
else if loss ge 15 then
put idno loss 'AWARD STATUS=1';
run;
|
Bring statements or raw data from another file into
your SAS job and execute them. |
%INCLUDE |
%include 'source-file';
|
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