Base SAS 9.1.3 Procedures Guide - Acsu Buffalo

308 AGE Statement 4 Chapter 15
AGE Statement
Renames a group of related SAS files in a library.
Featured in: Example 6 on page 385
AGE current-name related-SAS-file(s)
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Required Arguments
current-name
is a SAS file that the procedure renames. current-name receives the name of the first
name in related-SAS-file(s).
related-SAS-file(s)
is one or more SAS files in the SAS data library.
Options
ALTER=alter-password
provides the alter password for any alter-protected SAS files named in the AGE
statement. Because an AGE statement renames and deletes SAS files, you need alter
access to use the AGE statement. You can use the option either in parentheses after
the name of each SAS file or after a forward slash.
See also: “Using Passwords with the DATASETS Procedure” on page 355
MEMTYPE=mtype
restricts processing to one member type. All of the SAS files that you name in the
AGE statement must be the same member type. You can use the option either in
parentheses after the name of each SAS file or after a forward slash.
Aliases: MTYPE=, MT=
Default: If you do not specify MEMTYPE= in the PROC DATASETS statement, the
default is DATA.
See also: “Restricting Member Types for Processing” on page 356
Details
3 The AGE statement renames current-name to the name of the first name in
related-SAS-file(s), renames the first name in related-SAS-file(s) to the second
name in related-SAS-file(s), and so on until it changes the name of the next-to-last
SAS file in related-SAS-file(s) to the last name in related-SAS-file(s). The AGE
statement then deletes the last file in related-SAS-file(s).
3 If the first SAS file named in the AGE statement does not exist in the SAS data
library, PROC DATASETS stops processing the RUN group containing the AGE
statement and issues an error message. The AGE statement does not age any of