topic how to create multiple libraries by using single libname statement in SAS Programming

how to create multiple libraries by using single libname statement

thanikondharish — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 13:11:10 GMT

libname test1 'path1' ;

libname test2 'path2' ;

I have written code like above. By using that above code we can create 2 libraries test1 and test2 .

But question is:

how to create 2 libraries by using single libname statement?

I have tried below but it's not working.

libname test1 'path1' test2 'path2' ;

PaigeMiller — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 13:17:39 GMT

You can't do that. The documentation for LIBNAME indicates only one libref per statement.

What you can do is assign two (or more) folders to a single libref in a LIBNAME statement, if that would suit your needs.

Reeza — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 15:25:00 GMT

Why? There are many ways to declare libraries so if there's a reason there may be other methods.

Ksharp — Wed, 29 Sep 2021 13:42:08 GMT

You can check libname() function .
Or combine these two path into one libname.

libname test ('path1' 'path2' );