What Is a SAS Library?
A SAS library is a collection of one or more SAS files
that are recognized by SAS and can be referenced and stored as a unit.
Each file is a member of the library. SAS libraries help to organize
your work. For example, if a SAS program uses more than one SAS file,
then you can keep all the files in the same library. Organizing files
in libraries makes it easier to locate the files and reference them
in a program.
Under most operating environments, a SAS library usually corresponds to the level of organization that the operating environment uses to organize files. For example, in directory-based operating environments, a SAS library is a group of SAS files in the same directory. The directory might contain other files, ...
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