Book Contents		Master Index

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variable attributes

format

index type

informat

label

length

name

position in observation

summary table

type

variable control CALL routines

variable information functions

variable lists

name prefix

name range

numbered range

special SAS name

variable names

variables

aligning variables

automatic variables

character

_ERROR_ variable

in expressions

numeric

numeric precision

_N_ variable

type conversions

WHERE-expression processing

variables, creating

assignment statement

ATTRIB statement

DATA step

FORMAT statement

IN= data set option

INFORMAT statement

INPUT statement

LENGTH statement

variables, dropping

example

order of applications

with input/output data sets

with statements or data set options

variables, floating point precision

computations on fractions

determining minimum storage length

double-precision versus single precision

IBM mainframes

IEEE standard

numeric comparisons

OpenVMS

transferring between operating systems

truncating during comparisons

truncating on storage

versus magnitude

variables, keeping

example

order of applications

with input/output data sets

with statements or data set options

variables, renaming

example

order of applications

with input/output data sets

with statements or data set options

version compatibility

MDDB files

SAS catalogs

SAS data files

SAS data libraries

SAS library engines

SAS views

stored compiled DATA step programs

view descriptors

VNFERR system option

VOPTION dictionary table