record are all missing

[Reeza]

Do you already have the empty dataset?

untested but I would try something like the following:

data want;

set want;

call missing(_all_);

output;

run;

[PGStats · Accepted solution]

Get the variable names, but don't read the dataset as that will stop the data step before you can add a new record:

/* Create an empty dataset */
data a;
length x y 8 r s t $12;
stop;
run;

/* Add a new record */
data b;
if 0 then set a; /* Get the var names, but don't read */
output;
stop;
run;

[rogerjdeangelis]

see ( if you need to preserve dataset label)
http://goo.gl/FvNbjT

Simplest?

proc sql;
  create table class like sashelp.class
;quit;

* unfortunately the dataset label is not preserved;

[rogerjdeangelis]

Ignore my previous post, I missunderstood the problem. My solution does not have one observation with missing values.