https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-User-Groups-Discussions/SESUG-2022-Fun-with-the-SAS-FILENAME-Statement/m-p/840404#M344 <H1>Abstract</H1> <P>I like to think of the DATA step as the multi-tool in my programmer’s toolkit. And with the FILENAME “add-on”, it becomes the deluxe version, adding an incredible amount of additional functionality to our programs. This presentation focused on the amazing versatility of the Base SAS FILENAME statement.</P> <P>I discussed:</P> <UL> <LI>Working directly with remote files without downloading a local copy, including: <UL> <LI>Reading raw data files located on a remote FTP server</LI> <LI>Open and read a text file from a URL pointing to a web server</LI> </UL> </LI> <LI>Using PROC HTTP to quickly download local copies of internet files</LI> <LI>Reading from and writing to files in a ZIP archive</LI> <LI>Programmatically unpacking a ZIP file to the local file system</LI> <LI>Sending email from a SAS program</LI> </UL> <P>The attached ZIP file a PDF of the presentation and all of the data and code used to create it.&nbsp;</P> Thu, 27 Oct 2022 19:20:31 GMT SASJedi 2022-10-27T19:20:31Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-User-Groups-Discussions/SESUG-2022-Fun-with-the-SAS-FILENAME-Statement/m-p/840404#M344 <H1>Abstract</H1> <P>I like to think of the DATA step as the multi-tool in my programmer’s toolkit. And with the FILENAME “add-on”, it becomes the deluxe version, adding an incredible amount of additional functionality to our programs. This presentation focused on the amazing versatility of the Base SAS FILENAME statement.</P> <P>I discussed:</P> <UL> <LI>Working directly with remote files without downloading a local copy, including: <UL> <LI>Reading raw data files located on a remote FTP server</LI> <LI>Open and read a text file from a URL pointing to a web server</LI> </UL> </LI> <LI>Using PROC HTTP to quickly download local copies of internet files</LI> <LI>Reading from and writing to files in a ZIP archive</LI> <LI>Programmatically unpacking a ZIP file to the local file system</LI> <LI>Sending email from a SAS program</LI> </UL> <P>The attached ZIP file a PDF of the presentation and all of the data and code used to create it.&nbsp;</P> Thu, 27 Oct 2022 19:20:31 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-User-Groups-Discussions/SESUG-2022-Fun-with-the-SAS-FILENAME-Statement/m-p/840404#M344 SASJedi 2022-10-27T19:20:31Z