FILEREF

FILEREF

Verifies that a SAS fileref has been assigned for the current SAS session and returns a value

Language element: function

Category: external-file

OpenVMS specifics: valid values for fileref

Syntax
Details
See Also

Syntax

FILEREF(fileref)

fileref: specifies the SAS fileref to be validated. Under OpenVMS, fileref can also be an OpenVMS logical name that was assigned using the DCL DEFINE command.

Details

Under OpenVMS, you can assign SAS filerefs using two methods. You can use the DCL DEFINE command to assign a fileref before you invoke SAS. For example:

$ define myfile a.txt
$ sas;
  data;
  file myfile;
  put "HELLO";
  run;

This creates the file A.TXT.

You can use the X command to assign a SAS fileref during your SAS session.

See Also

FILEREF function in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
Function: FILENAME
Command: X

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