SAS Data File: _getVariable

SAS Data File: _getVariable

Creates and returns a SAS Variable object identifier corresponding to a variable contained in a SAS Data File object

Syntax
Details
Example

Syntax

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

Argument Type Description

variable-name
C specifies the name of a variable contained in datafile-object-id

variable-object-id
N returns the object identifier of a SAS Variable object corresponding to variable-name

Argument	Type	Description
variable-name	C	specifies the name of a variable contained in datafile-object-id
variable-object-id	N	returns the object identifier of a SAS Variable object corresponding to variable-name

Details

Once you have the object identifier for the SAS Variable object, you can use methods from the SAS Variable class on the SAS Variable object.

Example

This example returns the SAS Variable object identifier for the SAS variable, AGE, into VAROBJ. AGE is a variable in SASUSER.FITNESS.

varname='age';
call send (dfile, '_setup_', 
           'sasuser.fitness');
call send (dfile, '_get_variable_',
           varname, varobj);

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