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File Management SASHELP

Reading source code from a SASHELP catalog

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This code defines a fileref pointing to a specific catalog entry in the SASHELP library (sashelp.assist.houses.source). It then uses a DATA _NULL_ step to read this content line by line and write it to the SAS© log, allowing visualization of the source code or data stored in this catalog.
Data Analysis

Type : SASHELP

Data is read from the 'sashelp.assist' catalog.

1 Code Block
FILENAME
Explanation :
Declaration of a fileref named 'test' referring to the 'houses.source' entry of the 'sashelp.assist' catalog. The 'catalog' engine is specified to access this type of internal SAS storage.
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1filename test catalog 'sashelp.assist.houses.
2source' ;
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2 Code Block
DATA STEP
Explanation :
DATA step without an output table (_null_). It reads the file referenced by 'test' and writes each read line directly to the log using the 'put _infile_' statement.
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1DATA _null_ ;
2 INFILE test ;
3 INPUT ;
4 put _infile_ ;
5RUN ;
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