Hi dear,
Can someone please help me DREAD function from basic with clear example....
Here is an article with examples which could be helpful, it also has dopen, dnum, dclose functions with examples
http://www.mwsug.org/proceedings/2012/S1/MWSUG-2012-S128.pdf
Here is an article with examples which could be helpful, it also has dopen, dnum, dclose functions with examples
http://www.mwsug.org/proceedings/2012/S1/MWSUG-2012-S128.pdf
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/* Define a filename pointing to the directory */
rc = filename("myDir", "C:\Users\PG\Documents\My SAS Files\9.4");
/* Open the directory, get directory id number */
dirId = dopen("myDir");
if dirId > 0 then do;
/* dnum() : nb of files in directory */
do i = 1 to dnum(dirId);
/* Read the ith file name from directory */
file = dread(dirId, i);
if length(file) > 0 then output;
end;
/* Close the open directory */
rc = dclose(dirId);
end;
drop rc dirId i;
run;
proc print; run;
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