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ANKH1
Pyrite | Level 9

Hi, I am trying to open and work with a SAS dataset provided by the CDC in this link:

https://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpao/growthcharts/resources/sas.htm

 

The dataset is the one under step 1 for instructions for SAS users.

 

I downloaded the file and copied it in a folder in SAS studio. I tried opening just from the folder and by calling it in a data step but it says it doesn't exist. The error when clicking in the file (from the folder) says: File_TEMP1.CDCREF_D.DATA does not exist.

 

However, the file opens from SAS universal viewer. How can I open it from SAS studio?

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Reeza
Super User

Try changing the name to all lower case and accessing the file that way.

 

EDIT: Tested, works when the data set is all lower case, weird quirk of unix file systems. 

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Reeza
Super User

Try changing the name to all lower case and accessing the file that way.

 

EDIT: Tested, works when the data set is all lower case, weird quirk of unix file systems. 

ANKH1
Pyrite | Level 9

Worked! Thank you so much! 

Tom
Super User Tom
Super User

Weird quirk of the DOS/Windows file system.  It forces file names to be non-case sensitive.  So in DOS you can reference a file that is named with uppercase letters with a name that only uses lowercase letters.  In Unix those are two different file names.

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