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The CONTENTS Procedure

Procedure Syntax


Tip: Supports the Output Delivery System. (See Output Delivery System for details.)
Reminder: You can use the ATTRIB, FORMAT, and LABEL statements. See Statements with the Same Function in Multiple Procedures for details. You can also use any global statements as well. See Global Statements for a list.
Reminder: You can use data set options with the DATA= and OUT= options. See Data Set Options for a list.

PROC CONTENTS <option(s)>;

To do this Use this option
Print centiles information for indexed variables CENTILES
Specify the input data set DATA=
Include information in the output about the number of observations, number of variables, and data set labels DETAILS|NODETAILS
Print a list of the SAS files in the SAS data library DIRECTORY
Print the length of a variable's informat or format FMTLEN
Restrict processing to one or more types of SAS file MEMTYPE=
Suppress the printing of individual files NODS
Suppress the printing of the output NOPRINT
Specify the output data set OUT=
Specify an output data set that contains information about constraints OUT2=
Print abbreviated output SHORT
Print a list of the variables by their logical position in the data set VARNUM


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