Date:         Tue, 5 Jun 2001 11:28:17 -0400
Reply-To:     "Fehd, Ronald J." <rjf2@CDC.GOV>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Fehd, Ronald J." <rjf2@CDC.GOV>
Subject:      Re: How to make a dataset with 0 observations?
Comments: To: Jay Weedon <jweedon@EARTHLINK.NET>
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> From: Jay Weedon [mailto:jweedon@EARTHLINK.NET]
> An easy question to answer I'm sure. I know how to make a
> no-observation template from an existing dataset by using the OBS=0
> dsoption, but what if I just want a brand new dataset with no
> observations & two variables X & Y?

1    DATA XY;
2    attrib X length=8
3           Y length=8;
4    stop;run;

NOTE: Variable X is uninitialized.
NOTE: Variable Y is uninitialized.
NOTE: The data set WORK.XY has 0 observations and 2 variables.

Ron Fehd  the macro maven  CDC Atlanta GA USA RJF2@cdc.gov
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