Date:         Tue, 28 Dec 2004 17:34:17 -0500
Reply-To:     "Howard Schreier <hs AT dc-sug DOT org>" <nospam@HOWLES.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Howard Schreier <hs AT dc-sug DOT org>" <nospam@HOWLES.COM>
Subject:      Re: Creating an empty SAS data set

Try something like:

   data empty;
   stop;
   set sashelp.class;
   run;

Result:

   NOTE: The data set WORK.EMPTY has 0 observations and 5 variables

I don't understand about black and blue. Is the partition recorded in any
way within the dataset (for example, by some naming convention)?

On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 13:58:48 -0800, William Krause <wkrause2003@YAHOO.COM>
wrote:

>How do I create an empty data set using the variables from an existing
data set?
>
>There are 100's of variables in the existing sas dataset.
>
>Also there are two distinct categories of variables - as black and blue in
the
>existing SAS data set.
>
>Therefore I want one SAS data set with only black variables
>and a second SAS data set with only blue variables.
>
>How can this be accomplished?  I prefer not to use Proc Append with the
Force option.
>
>TIA
>
>wkrause2003@yahoo.com
>
>
>
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