Language Reference

Data Set and File Functions

APPEND statement: adds observations to SAS data set
CLOSE statement: closes a SAS data set
CLOSEFILE statement: closes a file
CONTENTS function: returns the variables in a SAS data set
CREATE statement: creates a new SAS data set
DATASETS function: obtains the names of SAS data sets
DELETE call: deletes a SAS data set
DELETE statement: marks observations in a data set for deletion
DO DATA statement: repeats a loop until an end of file occurs
EDIT statement: opens a SAS data set for editing
FILE statement: opens or points to an external file
FIND statement: finds observations
FORCE statement: is an alias for the SAVE statement
INDEX statement: indexes a variable in a SAS data set
INFILE statement: opens a file for input
INPUT statement: inputs data
LIST statement: displays observations of a data set
LOAD statement: loads modules and matrices from library storage
PUT statement: writes data to an external file
READ statement: reads observations from a data set
RENAME call: renames a SAS data set
REPLACE statement: replaces values in observations and updates observations
SAVE statement: saves data
SETIN statement: makes a data set current for input
SETOUT statement: makes a data set current for output
SORT statement: sorts a SAS data set
SUMMARY statement: computes summary statistics for SAS data sets
USE statement: opens a SAS data set for reading