proc format

[jadhavsada1_gmail_com]

25. What option in PROC FORMAT allows you to create a format from an input control data set rather than VALUE statement?

[jakarman]

Base SAS(R) 9.4 Procedures Guide, Third Edition (using a function to create a format)   still the same procs

[Jagadishkatam]

The option which is used to create the formats from the input dataset is cntlin

the way the dataset is passed in the cntlin in as below

proc format cntlin=dataset;

run;

the required variables in the dataset for creating the formats this way are

fmtname /*a valid format name*/

start /*value*/

end /*which is again a value , but can be used only when we need to assign the format to a range*/

label /* this variable has the value which you want to actually assign*/

type /* mention C if character format and N for numeric format*/

Thanks,

Jag