SAS(R) 9.1.3 Companion for z/OS

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Allocating Generation Data Sets 79
Allocating Nonstandard External Files 80
Concatenating External Files 81
Displaying Information about External Files 81
Deallocating External Files 81
Chapter 5 Accessing External Files 83
Referring to External Files 84
How SAS Determines Device Types 85
Writing to External Files 85
Reading from External Files 92
Accessing Nonstandard Files 97
Accessing UNIX System Services Files 100
Writing Your Own I/O Access Methods 107
Accessing SAS Statements from a Program 107
Using the INFILE/FILE User Exit Facility 107
Chapter 6 Directing SAS Log and SAS Procedure Output 109
Types of SAS Output 110
Directing Output to External Files with the PRINTTO Procedure 112
Directing Output to External Files with System Options 113
Directing Output to External Files with the DMPRINT Command 115
Directing Output to External Files with the FILE Command 115
Directing Output to External Files with DD Statements 115
Directing Output to a Printer 116
Directing Output to a Remote Destination 122
Directing Procedure Output: ODS Examples 123
Sending E-Mail from within SAS Software 131
Chapter 7 Universal Printing 147
Introduction to Universal Printing 148
Using Universal Printing in the Windowing Environment 148
Using Universal Printing in a Batch Environment 154
Sample Programs and Summary 160
The SASLIB.HOUSES Data Set 178
PART2 Application Considerations 181
Chapter 8 SAS Interfaces to ISPF and REXX 183
SAS Interface to ISPF 184
SAS Interface to REXX 199
Chapter 9 Data Representation 207
Representation of Numeric Variables 207
Using the LENGTH Statement to Save Storage Space 207
How Character Values Are Stored 208