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ArpitSharma
Fluorite | Level 6

Hello,

 

Is there a way to find out the format of the variable WITHOUT opening the dataset?

 

For example:

I want to know whether the Age variable is character or numeric in sashelp.class.

Please note that I want to know this WITHOUT opening the dataset. 

Also, I DON'T want to use PROC Contents.

 

 

Thank You for your help.

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Reeza
Super User

Why no proc contents?

 Sashelp.vcolumn has the metadata for all datasets in your libraries. Query the table for relevant information. 

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