mcf_string2file.sas File Reference

Adds a string to a file. More...

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Detailed Description

Creates an fcmp function for appending a string to an external file. If the file does not exist, it is created.

The function itself takes the following (positional) parameters:

PARAMETER	DESCRIPTION
filepath $	full path to the file
string $	string to add to the file
mode $	mode of the output - either APPEND (default) or CREATE

It returns 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occured.

Usage:

%mcf_string2file(wrap=YES, insert_cmplib=YES)

data _null_;
  rc=mcf_string2file(
    "%sysfunc(pathname(work))/newfile.txt"
    , "This is a test"
    , "CREATE");
run;

data _null_;
  infile "%sysfunc(pathname(work))/newfile.txt";
  input;
  putlog _infile_;
run;

Parameters

[out]	wrap=	(NO) Choose YES to add the proc fcmp wrapper.
[out]	lib=	(work) The output library in which to create the catalog.
[out]	cat=	(sasjs) The output catalog in which to create the package.
[out]	pkg=	(utils) The output package in which to create the function. Uses a 3 part format: libref.catalog.package
[out]	insert_cmplib=	DEPRECATED - The CMPLIB option is checked and values inserted only if needed.

SAS Macros

• mcf_init.sas

Related Programs

• mcf_stpsrv_header.test.sas
• mp_init.sas

Definition in file mcf_string2file.sas.