SAS Variable: _setup

SAS Variable: _setup

Initializes a SAS Variable object for a specific variable

Syntax
Details

Syntax

CALL SEND (variable-object-id, '_setup', variable-name, datafile-name);

Argument Type Description

variable-name
C specifies the name of the SAS variable associated with variable-object-id

datafile-name
C specifies the name of the SAS data file containing this variable

Argument	Type	Description
variable-name	C	specifies the name of the SAS variable associated with variable-object-id
datafile-name	C	specifies the name of the SAS data file containing this variable

Details

_setup initializes a SAS Variable object with information about variable-name, including the variable name, type, label, format, informat, length, and data file. For an example of using _setup, see Using the SAS Variable Class.

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