topic proc format in temporary library in SAS Programming

proc format in temporary library

Ronein — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 10:00:07 GMT

Hello

I have some questions about user defined formats .

1-When I create a user defined format (not in a permanent library), how can I see the name of the temporary library where the format i saved.

I am using FMTLIB statement and then I see the name of the format and its values but i cannot see the library name where it is saved

2-How can I tell SAS to delete all temporary formats

3--How can I tell SAS to delete specific temporary formats

Thanks

Joe

Criptic — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 10:45:46 GMT

Hey,

1. Temporary formats are stored in a SAS catalog named formats in your work-Lib.

proc catalog cat=work.formats kill;
quit;

 proc catalog cat=work.formats;
   delete format_name.infmt;
quit;