SAS Chapter 7: Creating And Applying User-defined Formats

Only for the current procedure.

Only for the current DATA step.

Only for the current SAS session

Permanently.

Libname library 'c:\sas\formats\lib'; proc format lib=library       ...;

Libname library 'c\sas\formats\lib'; format lib=library      ...;

Library='c:\sas\formats\lib'; proc format library      ...;

Library='c:\sas\format\lib'; proc library      ...;

Cannot be the name of a data set variable.

Must be at least two characters long.

Must be at least eight characters long.

Must begin with a dollar sign ($) if used with a character variable.

Proc format lib=library      value colorfmt;            1='Red'            2='Green'            3='Blue' run;

Proc format lib=library;      value colorfmt            1='Red'            2='Green'            3='Blue'; run;

Proc format lib=library;      value colorfmt;            1='Red'            2='Green'            3='Blue' run;

Proc format lib=library;      value colorfmt            1='Red';            2='Green';            3='Blue'; run;

A single value such as 24 or 's'.

A range of numeric values, such as 0-1500.

A range of character values, such as 'A'-'M'.

A list of numeric and character values separated by commas, such as 90,'B','D',270.

40

96

200

256

LOW

MISS

MISSING

OTHER

You temporarily associate the formats with variables.

You permanently associate the formats with variables.

You replace the original data with the format labels.

You make the formats available to other data sets.

Format jobtitle jobfmt;

Format jobtitle jobfmt.;

Format jobtitle=jobfmt;

Format jobtitle='jobfmt';

CATALOG

LISTFMT

FMTCAT

FMTLIB