Functions and CALL Routines

CLOSE Function

Closes a SAS data set.

Category:

SAS File I/O

Syntax
Arguments
Details
Examples
See Also

Syntax

CLOSE(data-set-id)

Arguments

data-set-id: is a numeric variable that specifies the data set identifier that the OPEN function returns.

Details

CLOSE returns zero if the operation was successful, or returns a non-zero value if it was not successful. Close all SAS data sets as soon as they are no longer needed by the application.

Note: All data sets opened within a DATA step are closed automatically at the end of the DATA step. [cautionend]

Examples

This example uses OPEN to open the SAS data set PAYROLL. If the data set opens successfully, indicated by a positive value for the variable PAYID, the example uses CLOSE to close the data set.

%let payid=%sysfunc(open(payroll,is));
   macro statements
%if &payid > 0 %then 
   %let rc=%sysfunc(close(&payid));