The COPY and SELECT statements copy two formats from PERM.FORMATS to PERM.FINANCE. The IN= option enables you to copy from a different catalog than the one specified in the PROC CATALOG statement. Note the entry types for numeric and character formats: REVENUE.FORMAT is a numeric format and DEPT.FORMATC is a character format. The COPY and SELECT statements execute before the QUIT statement ends the PROC CATALOG step. 
   copy in=perm.formats out=perm.finance;
      select revenue.format dept.formatc;
quit;