CONTENTS Procedure
| Notes: | The links in the table below are to the DATASETS procedure
documentation, which explains these options.
You cannot use the WHERE option to affect the output because PROC CONTENTS does not process any observations. |
| Tips: | You can use the ATTRIB, FORMAT, and LABEL statements.
You can use data set options with the DATA=, OUT=, and OUT2= options. The ORDER= option does not affect the order of the OUT= and OUT2= data sets. Complete documentation the CONTENTS procedure is in CONTENTS Statement. |
| See: | CONTENTS Procedure under Windows, UNIX, z/OS |
Syntax
PROC CONTENTS <option-1
<...option-n>>;
Table of Procedure Tasks
| Statement | Task | Example |
|---|---|---|
| CONTENTS Statement | List the contents of one or more SAS data sets and print the directory of the SAS library | Ex. 3 |
| CENTILES | Print centiles information for indexed variables | |
| DATA=SAS-file-specification | Specify the input data set | Ex. 3 |
| DETAILS | NODETAILS | Include information in the output about the number of observations, number of variables, number of indexes, and data set labels | |
| DIRECTORY | Print a list of the SAS files in the SAS library | |
| FMTLEN | Print the length of a variable's informat or format | |
| MEMTYPE=(mtype-1 <...mtype-n>) | Restrict processing to one or more types of SAS files | |
| NODS | Suppress the printing of individual files | |
| NOPRINT | Suppress the printing of the output | |
| ORDER= COLLATE | CASECOLLATE | IGNORECASE | VARNUM | Print a list of variables in various order. Note that the ORDER option does not affect the order of the OUT= or OUT2= data sets | Ex. 2 |
| OUT=SAS-data-set | Specify the name for an output data set | |
| OUT2=SAS-data-set | Specify the name of an output data set to contain information about indexes and integrity constraints | |
| SHORT | Print abbreviated output | |
| VARNUM | Print a list of the variables by their position in the data set. By default, the CONTENTS statement lists the variables alphabetically | Ex. 2 |