topic proc contents in SAS Procedures

proc contents

rraj3 — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 21:13:38 GMT

What does PROC CONTENTS provide?
a) Shows the contents of a SAS data set and prints the directory of the SAS library.
b) Shows the contents of a SAS data set and manage libraries.
c) Shows the data portion of a SAS data set.

Options:

a
b
c
All of the above

Re: proc contents

SASEnthusiast — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 21:23:39 GMT

The answer is Option (a).

Re: proc contents

Ksharp — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 01:03:28 GMT

Yeah. I vote for A either.

Re: proc contents

Kurt_Bremser — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 07:44:00 GMT

I'd say none of the above.

To show the contents of a dataset, I'd need to do a proc print or proc sql select *.

proc contents reveals information about the metadata of a SAS dataset (and can produce a directory listing)

The question should be rephrased if meant for an international audience.

Re: proc contents

LinusH — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 08:27:40 GMT

@Kurt_Bremser agreed. And what does "...prints the directory of the SAS library" even mean? Sounds more like they try to describe PROC DATASETS.