SAS Tip: About extended attributes in data sets

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SAS Tip: About extended attributes in data sets

Posted 02-12-2018 02:05 PM (144015 views)

Extended attributes are user defined attributes that can be attached to a data set or a variable. These attributes can be added or modified using the XATTR SET statement in PROC DATASETS.

Thanks to Tasha Chapman for this tip. Read more details in this paper from WUSS 2017: Creating a Data Dictionary Using Base SAS.

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SAS Tip: About extended attributes in data sets

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