Referencing SAS Files
Two-Level Names
To
reference a permanent SAS data set in your SAS programs, you use a
two-level name consisting of the library name and the filename, or
data set name:
libref.filename
In the two-level name,
libref is the name of the
SAS data library that contains the file, and filename is the name of the file, or
data set. A period separates the libref and filename.
Two-Level SAS Name
For example, suppose we want to create a new permanent sas library named Clinic. In our sample program, Clinic.Admit is the two-level name for the SAS data set Admit, which is stored in the library named Clinic. Notice that the LIBNAME ...
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