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BACKWARD option

FILE statement

INFILE statement

batch job name, macro variable containing

BEFORE statement, SOURCE procedure

BESTw. format

binary data

$BINARYw. format

$BINARYw. informat

BKWD option

FILE statement

INFILE statement

BLKALLOC system option

BLKSIZE= option

FILE statement

FILENAME statement

INFILE statement

PROC PDSCOPY statement

BLKSIZE= system option

BLKSIZE(device-type)= system option

BMDP control statements

BMDP files

assigning librefs to

converting to SAS data sets

examples

referencing

BMDP= option, PROC CONVERT statement

BMDP procedure

BMDP control statements

BY statement

examples

invoking BMDP programs that need FORTRAN routines

missing values

PARMCARDS statement

PROC BMDP statement

VAR statement

BMDP programs

calling

required FORTRAN routines

BMDP save files

converting to SAS data sets (example)

creating and converting (example)

variable names

buffer numbers, and performance

buffer size, and performance

BUFND= option

FILE statement

INFILE statement

BUFNI= option

FILE statement

INFILE statement

BUFNO= option, FILENAME statement

bundled SAS configuration

BURST option, FILENAME statement

BY statement, BMDP procedure