https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Letter-for-format-source-stands-for/m-p/933743#M367234 <P>From what I could see:</P> <UL> <LI>C means custom format (used-defined).</LI> <LI>B means part of the SAS Base internal definitions.</LI> <LI>U means coming from an external module. These modules are found in the <FONT face="courier new,courier">SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe</FONT> directory.<BR />For example formats B8601C* come from module UWIB8601. There is a file matching each module name in your <FONT face="courier new,courier">sasexe</FONT> directory.</LI> </UL> <P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 26 Jun 2024 00:09:00 GMT ChrisNZ 2024-06-26T00:09:00Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Letter-for-format-source-stands-for/m-p/933711#M367224 <P>Hello,</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>When we run proc sql with&nbsp;dictionary.formats, we can get following information:</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="stataq_0-1719342098319.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://communities.sas.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/97882i798ECF61074075A7/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="stataq_0-1719342098319.png" alt="stataq_0-1719342098319.png" /></span></P> <P>Could any one tell me what 'B', 'U', 'C' stands for in col 'source'?</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Thanks.</P> Tue, 25 Jun 2024 19:04:28 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Letter-for-format-source-stands-for/m-p/933711#M367224 stataq 2024-06-25T19:04:28Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Letter-for-format-source-stands-for/m-p/933743#M367234 <P>From what I could see:</P> <UL> <LI>C means custom format (used-defined).</LI> <LI>B means part of the SAS Base internal definitions.</LI> <LI>U means coming from an external module. These modules are found in the <FONT face="courier new,courier">SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe</FONT> directory.<BR />For example formats B8601C* come from module UWIB8601. There is a file matching each module name in your <FONT face="courier new,courier">sasexe</FONT> directory.</LI> </UL> <P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 26 Jun 2024 00:09:00 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Letter-for-format-source-stands-for/m-p/933743#M367234 ChrisNZ 2024-06-26T00:09:00Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Letter-for-format-source-stands-for/m-p/934723#M367538 <P>There's more information here <A href="https://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings17/SAS0209-2017.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings17/SAS0209-2017.pdf</A></P> Sat, 06 Jul 2024 05:59:48 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Letter-for-format-source-stands-for/m-p/934723#M367538 ChrisNZ 2024-07-06T05:59:48Z