topic Re: Editing a index auxiliary file. possible ? in SAS Programming

Editing a index auxiliary file. possible ?

SR_FR — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:23:30 GMT

Hi to all

is there a way to edit a index file (*.sas7bndx) ?

I'd like to see, for my education, the organization of this kind of auxiliary file...

best regards

Sébastien

Re: Editing a index auxiliary file. possible ?

LinusH — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:09:45 GMT

No, unless you have some special sw.
But why? SAS indexes uses b-tree style indexes. What else do you need to know?
If you have some specific thoughts, you might get an answer via SAS tech support.

/Linus

Re: Editing a index auxiliary file. possible ?

SR_FR — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 07:11:06 GMT

it was just for my education, just to understand what is inside the index auxiliary file..

As far as I understand, reading the documentation, values of the indexed variable are sorted and you're having a indication (certainly a page number and a line number (inside the page or an absolute number ?) pointing the observations.

thanks for your answer!

best regards

Sébastien