topic Is there a way to print the libname var in the log? in New SAS User

Is there a way to print the libname var in the log?

cosmid — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 21:23:22 GMT

Hi,

So the PUT can print a data variable and its value to the log and the %PUT can do the same for Macro variables. Is there a way to do this for libname vars?

For example, if I have a libname defined as the following:

libname x "%SYSGET(dir)";

If the above code is written as:

%let x = %sysget(dir);

I can get the value of x by using %PUT x; What can I do if %LET is replaced with LIBNAME? I know in a SAS log, it'll print out the definition of a libname defined in the program. I guess my question is, if you can print a Macro variable or a SAS data step variable, can you do something similar for a libname var?

Thanks

Re: Is there a way to print the libname var in the log?

Tom — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 21:38:14 GMT

A libref is not a variable.

But the LIBNAME statement does have an option for displaying information about an existing libref.

Try :

libname x list;

If you only want the path that the libref points to use the PATHNAME() function.

%put Path for libref X is %qsysfunc(pathname(X,L));

Re: Is there a way to print the libname var in the log?

Kurt_Bremser — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 23:30:58 GMT

There are no libname variables. LIBNAME is a statement, and it creates a library reference. The attributes of a library reference can be displayed with the LIST option of the LIBNAME statement.