Get Sas(r) 9.1 Xml Libname Engine User's Guide

To clear a libref that was assigned in a LIBNAME statement, issue a LIBNAME statement in the following form: LIBNAME libref <CLEAR>; Or issue a LIBNAME function: LIBNAME (libref, CLEAR);

The FILENAME statement assigns a fileref to an external file. The LIBNAME statement assigns a libref to a SAS library.

Here the first word ( LIBNAME ) is the SAS keyword that tells it to create a library. The second word (libref) is what you name the library. It must be eight or less characters and start with a letter. Finally, the text in quotes is what path name you tell SAS to assign the library to. SAS Libraries - SAS Tutorials - LibGuides at Kent State University kent.edu https://libguides.library.kent.edu › SAS › libraries kent.edu https://libguides.library.kent.edu › SAS › libraries

Use the FILENAME statement to define a file before using a fileref in an INFILE, FILE, OR %INCLUDE statement. In short, the FILENAME statement creates a symbolic link to an external file (or device) that, in turn, can be used to refer to that file (or device) elsewhere in the SAS program. The FILENAME Statement: Interacting with the World Outside of SAS sas.com https://support.sas.com › papers › proceedings12 sas.com https://support.sas.com › papers › proceedings12

Library engines and data engines are specified using the LIBNAME statement. FILENAME is a global statement and is used to define an alias (the filename reference) which can be specified on SAS language statements to reference a file in any program in the session. Using the FILENAME statement to access file-based datatsets altair.com https://community.altair.com › community › using-the-fi... altair.com https://community.altair.com › community › using-the-fi...

The XML LIBNAME engine works much like other SAS engines. That is, you execute a LIBNAME statement to assign a libref and specify an engine. You use that libref throughout the SAS session where a libref is valid.

The format of the LIBNAME statement is: LIBNAME libref 'Folder path name here'; Here the first word ( LIBNAME ) is the SAS keyword that tells it to create a library. The second word (libref) is what you name the library.