SAS codebook for state state_cd

[Tjohn]

Any one have any idea how to access the codebook store in SAS? Trying to format state based on codebook named state_cd but have not able to locate it anywhere. Any suggest will be appreciate! 

[Kurt_Bremser]

A google search for "codebook store" does not turn up anything helpful (for me). Could you elaborate what you mean by this term?

[Tjohn]

Yes, i have the same questions. Part of a current program i am working on ask me to define a value format based on the codebook stored in the SAS data set state_cd. Where i have been stuck on here for over a day. But none of the search show up anything related to this data set that store in SAS.

[Kurt_Bremser · Accepted solution]

Oh, they want you to define a format from a dataset.

See this example:

Creating a Format from a CNTLIN= Data Set

You need to modify your dataset so that it contains the following variables:

fmtname  name of your format

type   C or N for character or numeric

start    values to be formatted

label    target values to be displayed

hlo   character variable set to 'O' for the observation containing the "other" value

[Tjohn]

Thank you, i think i did not make it clear but i figure it out. It seems like i need to create a format based on a codebook, but the file need to be downloaded and then being reference during program.