Abstract
I like to think of the DATA step as the multi-tool in my programmer’s toolkit. And with the FILENAME “add-on”, it becomes the deluxe version, adding an incredible amount of additional functionality to our programs. This presentation focused on the amazing versatility of the Base SAS FILENAME statement.
I discussed:
- Working directly with remote files without downloading a local copy, including:
- Reading raw data files located on a remote FTP server
- Open and read a text file from a URL pointing to a web server
- Using PROC HTTP to quickly download local copies of internet files
- Reading from and writing to files in a ZIP archive
- Programmatically unpacking a ZIP file to the local file system
- Sending email from a SAS program
The attached ZIP file a PDF of the presentation and all of the data and code used to create it.
