topic Re: how to save a sas libarie data set so i can import it in New SAS User

how to save a sas libarie data set so i can import it

ldr_miranda — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 02:14:39 GMT

I am really new to this but i want to import the cars data set that is part of the libraries so when i try to import it , it will appear anyone know the steps? Thank you!

Re: how to save a sas libarie data set so i can import it

Kurt_Bremser — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 06:42:42 GMT

The CARS dataset is present in SASHELP per default, no need to import it.

Re: how to save a sas libarie data set so i can import it

ballardw — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 18:53:27 GMT

You can test that the set exists as mentioned by @Kurt_Bremser by running code like this:

Proc contents data=sashelp.cars;
run;

which will give a description of the data set and variables it exists or the log would show a data set does not exist error.

Many practice or training examples of code use some of the data sets supplied in the SASHELP library, so you might look in that library for versions of the data set before worrying about "importing" them.