SAS/FSP Software Procedures Guide

Overview

You can use the FSEDIT procedure to perform a variety of tasks. Each task has its own associated window, as shown in the following table:

Task Window

Viewing and editing observations FSEDIT

Creating a new SAS data set FSEDIT NEW

Customizing the FSEDIT session FSEDIT Menu

[bull] redesigning the display FSEDIT Modify

[bull] defining special fields FSEDIT Names

[bull] identifying field locations FSEDIT Identify

[bull] writing an SCL program FSEDIT Program

[bull] assigning field attributes FSEDIT Attribute

[bull] setting session parameters FSEDIT Parms

Task	Window
Viewing and editing observations	FSEDIT
Creating a new SAS data set	FSEDIT NEW
Customizing the FSEDIT session	FSEDIT Menu
	redesigning the display	FSEDIT Modify
	defining special fields	FSEDIT Names
	identifying field locations	FSEDIT Identify
	writing an SCL program	FSEDIT Program
	assigning field attributes	FSEDIT Attribute
	setting session parameters	FSEDIT Parms

The following sections explain

how these tasks are performed with the FSEDIT procedure
how the associated windows are used
which commands are valid in each window.

Note: Most of the features that are described in the following sections for the FSEDIT procedure are also available for the FSBROWSE procedure. However, the FSEDIT functions that relate to creating new data sets and to adding, editing, or deleting observations in existing data sets are not applicable to the FSBROWSE procedure. [cautionend]

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