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W1ndwaker
Obsidian | Level 7

Hello all,

 

i'm trying to figure out if it's possible to convert a dataset file, for example, like this:

 

Example.sas7bdat

col1      |  col 2

a           |      b

a1          |     b1

 

 

into a description file, like you do with oracle, that would look like a datastep proces;

 

data example;

attrib col1 format=$4.;

attrib col2 format $4.;

 

col1=a;

col2=b;

output;

 

col1=a1;

col2=b1;

output;

 

run;

 

 

is it possible to create this kind of description file form a dataset with a procedure?

 

thanks!

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Amir
PROC Star

Hi,

 

There is a blog post on this topic which might help:

 

The DATA to DATA Step Macro 

 

 

Thanks & kind regards,

Amir.

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Amir
PROC Star

Hi,

 

There is a blog post on this topic which might help:

 

The DATA to DATA Step Macro 

 

 

Thanks & kind regards,

Amir.

W1ndwaker
Obsidian | Level 7
Hi!!

have to say this is very much what i wanted, thanks for the enlightnement!
LinusH
Tourmaline | Level 20

Closer to your Oracle anology, there is PROC SQL DESCRIBE TABLE statment, which will give you CREATE TABLE/INDEX in the SAS log.

SAS Help Center: Syntax: PROC SQL DESCRIBE Statement

Data never sleeps
W1ndwaker
Obsidian | Level 7
i will combine the precedure below with the describe to create the table and then if it has indexes it will be recreated too automatically.

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