DATASETS Procedure
- Syntax
Procedure SyntaxPROC DATASETS StatementAGE StatementAPPEND StatementATTRIB StatementAUDIT StatementCHANGE StatementCONTENTS StatementCOPY StatementDELETE StatementEXCHANGE StatementEXCLUDE StatementFORMAT StatementIC CREATE StatementIC DELETE StatementIC REACTIVATE StatementINDEX CENTILES StatementINDEX CREATE StatementINDEX DELETE StatementINFORMAT StatementLABEL StatementMODIFY StatementREBUILD StatementRENAME StatementREPAIR StatementSAVE StatementSELECT Statement - Overview
- Concepts
- Results
- Examples Removing All Labels and Formats in a Data SetManipulating SAS FilesSaving SAS Files from DeletionModifying SAS Data SetsDescribing a SAS Data SetConcatenating Two SAS Data SetsAging SAS Data SetsODS Output Getting Sort Indicator InformationUsing the ORDER= Option with the CONTENTS StatementInitiating an Audit File
RENAME Statement
Renames variables in the SAS data set specified
in the MODIFY statement.
| Restriction: | Must appear in a MODIFY RUN group |
| Example: | Modifying SAS Data Sets |
Syntax
Required Argument
- old-name=new-name
-
changes the name of a variable in the data set specified in the MODIFY statement. old-name must be a variable that already exists in the data set. new-name cannot be the name of a variable that already exists in the data set or the name of an index, and the new name must be a valid SAS name.See:Rules for Words and Names in the SAS Language in SAS Language Reference: Concepts
Details
If old-name does
not exist in the SAS data set or new-name already
exists, PROC DATASETS stops processing the RUN group containing the
RENAME statement and issues an error message.