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DROPNOTE |
deletes a note marker from a SAS data set or an external file and returns a value |
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EXIST |
verifies the existence of a SAS data library member |
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FAPPEND |
appends the current record to the end of an external file and returns a value |
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FCLOSE |
closes an external file, directory, or directory member, and returns a value |
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FCOL |
returns the current column position in the File Data Buffer (FDB) |
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FDELETE |
deletes an external file or an empty directory |
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FEXIST |
verifies the existence of an external file associated with a fileref and returns a value |
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FGET |
copies data from the File Data Buffer (FDB) into a variable and returns a value |
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FILEEXIST |
verifies the existence of an external file by its physical name and returns a value |
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FILENAME |
assigns or deassigns a fileref for an external file, directory, or output device and returns a value |
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FILEREF |
verifies that a fileref has been assigned for the current SAS session and returns a value |
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FINFO |
returns the value of a file information item |
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FNOTE |
identifies the last record that was read and returns a value that FPOINT can use |
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FOPEN |
opens an external file and returns a file identifier value |
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FOPTNAME |
returns the name of an item of information about a file |
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FOPTNUM |
returns the number of information items that are available for an external file |
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FPOINT |
positions the read pointer on the next record to be read and returns a value |
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FPOS |
sets the position of the column pointer in the File Data Buffer (FDB) and returns a value |
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FPUT |
moves data to the File Data Buffer (FDB) of an external file, starting at the FDB’s current column position, and returns a value |
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FREAD |
reads a record from an external file into the File Data Buffer (FDB) and returns a value |
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FREWIND |
positions the file pointer to the start of the file and returns a value |
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FRLEN |
returns the size of the last record read, or, if the file is opened for output, returns the current record size |
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FSEP |
sets the token delimiters for the FGET function and returns a value |
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FWRITE |
writes a record to an external file and returns a value |
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MOPEN |
opens a file by directory identifier and member name, and returns the file identifier or a 0 |
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PATHNAME |
returns the physical name of a SAS data library or of an external file, or returns a blank |
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SYSMSG |
returns the text of error messages or warning messages from the last data set or external file function execution |
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SYSRC |
returns a system error number |