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Creating a file in SAS

fbgeoff — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 18:17:21 GMT

Hi guys,

I am currently listening to a SAS tutorial and have been trying to follow up instructions on creating a practice file. The code I need to use is:

%let path=FILEPATH/ecprg193

libname orion "&path";

Where ecprg193 is the file which carries the work sheets. I correctly defined the Filename and used the code below to create my folder:

%let path=C:/Users/ndiku/Desktop/ecprg193

libname orion "&path";

After entering this, it gives me an error message.

Can anyone advice me on correcting the code? or where I went wrong?

Thanks

Re: Creating a file in SAS

Reeza — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 18:23:12 GMT

Are you using SAS University Edition?

If so, see the help center on setting up. You need to create a shared drive ('/folders/myfolders') place the files in there and then you can use them in SAS.

http://support.sas.com/software/products/university-edition/faq/main.htm

If you're not using SAS UE, please post the error.

Re: Creating a file in SAS

ballardw — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 18:30:20 GMT

Please post the error message text. Also, which version of SAS are you using.

There is a system option availabe in SAS 9.3 that needs to be set to create a file if the path does not already exist and in versions prior to 9.3 the the entire path must exist prior to use.

And as @Reeza said, University edition has additional requirements on where you can access files.

Re: Creating a file in SAS

sumitsagar1 — Sun, 05 Feb 2017 22:33:20 GMT

in the 1st line i think you missed semicolon ..you can write code in 2 ways

1st :

=========

%let path=C:/Users/ndiku/Desktop/ecprg193;

libname orion "&path";

2nd Way :

libname orion 'C:/Users/ndiku/Desktop/ecprg193' ;