SAS Companion for the Microsoft Windows Environment

SAS Formats under Windows

A SAS format is an instruction or template that the SAS System uses to write data values. Most SAS formats are described completely in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary. The formats that are described here have behavior that is specific to Windows.

Many of the SAS formats that have details specific to the Windows operating environment are used to write binary data. In using these formats, it is important that you understand the concepts that are presented in Writing Binary Data.

If you have formats that you created for use in earlier releases of the SAS System, see Converting User-Written Formats from Earlier Releases to Version 8 for information about how to convert those formats for use with Version 8.

Chapter Contents
Previous
Next
Top of Page