Data Set Model: _getColumnAttribute

Data Set Model: _getColumnAttribute

Returns a single attribute for a column

Syntax
Details
Example

Syntax

CALL SEND (object-id, '_getColumnAttribute', col-name, attr-name, attr-value);

Argument Type Description

col-name
C specifies the name of the column from which to get the attribute

attr-name
C specifies the name of the column attribute

attr-value
C | N returns the value of the column attribute

Argument	Type	Description
col-name	C	specifies the name of the column from which to get the attribute
attr-name	C	specifies the name of the column attribute
attr-value	C \| N	returns the value of the column attribute

Details

The type of attr-value must match the type of the attribute to be returned. For more information about the appropriate attribute names, see Column Attributes.

To return more than one column attribute, use the _getColumnAttributes method.

Example

In the following example, the Data Set Model class is being used as a stand-alone model, that is, the model class is not being used with a data form or data table object.

This example is written as a stand-alone SCL entry:

length cvalue $10;

INIT:
   datcl=loadclass('sashelp.fsp.datast_m.class');
   datid=instance(datcl);

   call send(datid, '_setDataset',
            'sasuser.class');

   call send(datid, '_getColumnAttribute',
            'sex', 'type', cvalue);
   put 'The type of the SEX column=' cvalue;

   call send(datid, '_getColumnAttribute',
             'age', 'length', nvalue);
   put 'The length of the AGE column=' nvalue;
return;

TERM:
   call send(datid,'_term');
 return;

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