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TIP: List format data from SAS Explorer

TIP: List format data from SAS Explorer  
Richard A. DeVenezia
From:Richard A. DeVenezia
Subject:TIP: List format data from SAS Explorer
Date:Sun, 23 Jan 2005 11:28:26 -0500
Version 9 instructions

Click in SAS Explorer.
Menu: Tools/Options/Explorer
Click Entries tab
Select FORMATC type
Click Edit
Click Add

Action: &List
Command: (all on one line)
gsubmit 'data;run;proc format
cntlout=&syslast(where=(find("%8b.%32b.%32b.",cats(".",fmtname,"."),"i")));r
un;' ; vt &syslast

What does command do ?

* create a new automatically numbered dataset DATA{n};
data;run;

* save format data to DATA{n}, keeping only rows for format name clicked on;
proc format

cntlout=&syslast(where=(find("%8b.%32b.%32b.",cats(".",fmtname,"."),"i")));
run;

* viewtable the data;
vt &syslast

You should also define the action for catalog entry type FORMAT.

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