mp_getformats.sas File Reference

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Detailed Description

Formats are exported from the first (if any) catalog entry in the FMTSEARCH path.

Formats are taken from the library / dataset reference and / or a static format list.

Note - the source for this information is the dictionary.formats table. This cannot show formats that are not already declared in the FMTSEARCH path.

Example usage:

%mp_getformats(lib=sashelp,ds=prdsale,outsummary=work.dictable)

%mp_getformats(fmtlist=FORMAT1 $FORMAT2 @INFMT3,outsummary=work.table2)

Parameters

[in]

lib=

(0) The libref for which to return formats.

Todo:

Enable exporting of formats for an entire library

Parameters

[in]	ds=	(0) The dataset from which to obtain format definitions
[in]	fmtlist=	(0) A list of additional format names
[out]	outsummary=	(work.mp_getformats_summary) Output dataset containing summary definitions - structure taken from dictionary.formats as follows:

libname:$8.	memname:$32.	path:$1024.	objname:$32.	fmtname:$32.	fmttype:$1.	source:$1.	minw:best.	mind:best.	maxw:best.	maxd:best.	defw:best.	defd:best.
				$	F	B	1	0	32767	0	1	0
				$	I	B	1	0	32767	0	1	0
		/opt/sas/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe	UWIANYDT	$ANYDTIF	I	U	1	0	60	0	19	0
		/opt/sas/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe	UWFASCII	$ASCII	F	U	1	0	32767	0	1	0
		/opt/sas/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe	UWIASCII	$ASCII	I	U	1	0	32767	0	1	0
		/opt/sas/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe	UWFBASE6	$BASE64X	F	U	1	0	32767	0	1	0

Parameters

[out]

outdetail=

(0) Provide an output dataset in which to export all the custom format definitions (from proc format CNTLOUT). Definitions: https://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/proc/61895/HTML/default/viewer.htm#a002473477.htm Sample data:

FMTNAME:$32.	START:$16.	END:$16.	LABEL:$256.	MIN:best.	MAX:best.	DEFAULT:best.	LENGTH:best.	FUZZ:best.	PREFIX:$2.	MULT:best.	FILL:$1.	NOEDIT:best.	TYPE:$1.	SEXCL:$1.	EEXCL:$1.	HLO:$13.	DECSEP:$1.	DIG3SEP:$1.	DATATYPE:$8.	LANGUAGE:$8.
WHICHPATH	0	0	path1	1	40	28	28	1E-12		0		0	N	N	N
WHICHPATH	**OTHER**	**OTHER**	big fat problem if not path1	1	40	28	28	1E-12		0		0	N	N	N	O

SAS Macros

• mddl_sas_cntlout.sas
• mf_dedup.sas
• mf_getfmtlist.sas
• mf_getfmtname.sas
• mf_getquotedstr.sas
• mf_getuniquename.sas

Related Macros

• mf_getfmtlist.sas
• mp_applyformats.sas
• mp_cntlout.sas
• mp_getformats.test.sas

Version

9.2

Author

Allan Bowe

Definition in file mp_getformats.sas.