Date:         Tue, 23 Jan 2007 11:09:55 +0100
Reply-To:     Stéphane COLAS <scolas@DATAMETRIC.FR>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Stéphane COLAS <scolas@DATAMETRIC.FR>
Subject:      Re: info from Proc Contents output file
Comments: To: meenit@AOL.COM
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Hi,

use

PROC contents data=sashelp.class noprint out=cnt;
run;


Stéphane.

Selon meenit@AOL.COM:

> I need to extract variable attribute information from a Proc Contents output
> file so that I can cross-check the format/length of selected variables across
> datasets.  My goal is to check the consistency of the formats and lengths of
> certain variables  across datasets.  How can I obtain the attributes of a
> variable in a dataset from a proc contents listing and write this info out
> into a SAS dataset so that I can do a proc compare (or any comparison code)
> on the attribute of this variable between 2 or more datasets?
> I would appreciate any sample code or pseudo-code that will do this.
>
> thanks in advance,
> Meenit
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