The GREPLAY Procedure

MODIFY Statement

Changes the name, description, and BY statement information of entries or group headers in the input catalog.

Syntax

MODIFY modify-pair(s);

modify-pair(s) has the following form:

entry-id / entry-description(s)

Required Arguments

entry-id / entry-description(s)

specifies the entry to modify.

entry-id

is the number or name of a catalog entry, or the number or name of a group of entries in the input catalog. Entries must contain graphics output. Multiple entry-id(s) can contain both numbers and names.

entry-description(s)

must be at least one of the following:

BYLINE='character-string'

specifies a character string that can be used for additional information or for BY statement information. Character-string can be up to 40 characters long and must be enclosed in quotation marks. BY statement information appears directly beneath the primary description of the catalog entry.

NAME='entry-name'

specifies the new name of the catalog entry for the graph. The maximum length for entry-name is eight characters. If the specified name duplicates the name of an existing entry, SAS/GRAPH software adds a number to the duplicate name to create a unique entry.

Note: The value for entry-name can be either with or without quotation marks. [cautionend]

DES='entry-description'

specifies the description of the catalog entry for the graph. The maximum length for entry-description is 40 characters. The description does not appear on the graph.

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