Date:         Tue, 7 Sep 2004 19:28:58 GMT
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From:         Roger Lustig <trovato@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: how to drop formats without having to use SET ?
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PROC DATASETS is useful for changing any information stored in the
header of a SAS data set: labels, in/formats, etc.

Roger

Igor Kurbeko wrote:
> Hi, folks.
>
> I'm stripping formats like this now:
>
>
>
> data &dsold.;
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> set &dsold. ;
>
> format change pchange groupnum  baseline height weight;
>
> run;
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>
>
> But I'm afraid it'll take a long time if &dsold. Has 500.000 records. Is
> it true?
>
> And is there an easier way?
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>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Igor Kurbeko
>
> Clinical Programmer Analyst
>
> 678 336 4328
>
> ikurbeko@atherogenics.com
>
>
>
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