topic Re: how to creat library in sas? in SAS Programming

how to creat library in sas?

francisca — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 11:12:41 GMT

my code :

options pagesize=60 pageno=1 linesize=80 nodate;
libname mydata '/folders/myfolders/sasuser.v94';

proc contents data= mydata._all_;
run;

data tour;
input Country $ Nights Aircost Landcost Vendor $;
datalines;
France 8 793 575 Major
Spain 10 805 510 Hispania
India 10 . 489 Royal
Peru 7 722 590 Mundial
;

proc print data=tour;
run;

proc print data=mydata.tour;

TITLE 'Data Set MYLIB.INTERNATIONALTOURs ';

run;

MY error :

74 proc print data=mydata.tour;

ERROR: File MYDATA.TOUR.DATA does not exist.

76 TITLE 'Data Set MYLIB.INTERNATIONALTOURs ';

78 run;

Re: how to creat library in sas?

Kurt_Bremser — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 11:29:57 GMT

That has nothing to do with creating a library.

That would be the case if this

libname mydata '/folders/myfolders/sasuser.v94';

fails.

Your problem comes from the fact that you created your dataset in WORK, not in MYDATA:

data tour;

A single-stage dataset name always means that the dataset will be created in WORK.

Use

data mydata.tour;

instead, and also include the library name in all further references, just like you did in proc print.

Re: how to creat library in sas?

dougc — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 11:49:13 GMT

To use the library you created you need to use a two-level name (libref.dataset). If you omit the libref, then by default the data set you create goes in a temporary library called work. To use library mydata, your code should look something like this:

options pagesize=60 pageno=1 linesize=80 nodate;
libname mydata '/folders/myfolders/sasuser.v94';

proc contents data= mydata._all_;
run;

data mydata.tour;
input Country $ Nights Aircost Landcost Vendor $;
datalines;
France 8 793 575 Major
Spain 10 805 510 Hispania
India 10 . 489 Royal
Peru 7 722 590 Mundial
;

proc print data=mydata.tour;

TITLE 'Data Set MYLIB.INTERNATIONALTOURs ';

run;