Hi Team,
Please let me know how to find size of SAS dataset through base SAS code
Thank you.
Untested:
proc sql;
select libname, memname, filesize
from sashelp.vtable;
quit;
I don't think the filesize in vtable is accurate, usually, I've queried my OS to get the file listing and extract the size from that.
What is your OS? Can you run an X command, SYSEXEC?
Do you want size in number of bytes the file occupies or the number of records that are in the data set?
Proc contents data=<your dataset name goes here>;
run;
will tell you number of observations (records) and lots of other information about the dataset.
Hi,
I want size in number of bytes.
OS is windows7
Are you ready for the spotlight? We're accepting content ideas for SAS Innovate 2025 to be held May 6-9 in Orlando, FL. The call is open until September 25. Read more here about why you should contribute and what is in it for you!
Learn how use the CAT functions in SAS to join values from multiple variables into a single value.
Find more tutorials on the SAS Users YouTube channel.