Libref is not assigned

[a13]

I am getting the errors mentioned in the screenshots while writing the program. I am using the SAS Studio via Oracle VM Virtual Box, so I don't have the path available for specifying the libname, I'm exporting the Cars table into my folders and then using that path. Please help me on how to specify the path.

[andreas_lds]

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[a13]

LOGS:

OPTIONS NONOTES NOSTIMER NOSOURCE NOSYNTAXCHECK;

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74 /* %let dirdata="/folders/myfolders/CARS.csv"; */

75 libname libsas '/folders/myfolders/CARS.dta';

ERROR: Library LIBSAS is not in a valid format for access method RANDOM.

ERROR: Error in the LIBNAME statement.

76 /*1*/

77 /* data snow.snowfall; */

78 data libsas.ecars;

79 set sashelp.cars;

80 where Origin='Europe';

81 run;

ERROR: Libref LIBSAS is not assigned.

NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.

NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):

real time 0.00 seconds

cpu time 0.00 seconds

82 proc print data=libsas.ecars;

ERROR: Libref LIBSAS is not assigned.

83 run;

NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.

NOTE: PROCEDURE PRINT used (Total process time):

real time 0.00 seconds

cpu time 0.00 seconds

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87 OPTIONS NONOTES NOSTIMER NOSOURCE NOSYNTAXCHECK;

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[ChrisBrooks · Accepted solution]

You are including a file name (cars.dta) in your libname statement when it should only contain a folder name. If you change your libname statement to:

libname libsas '/folders/myfolders';

Your code will work

[a13]

Yes, removing Cars.dta from path worked fine. Thank you. 🙂