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Lesson 4: Working With SAS Libraries and SAS Datasets
Lesson 4: Working With SAS Libraries and SAS Datasets
Lesson 4: Working With SAS Libraries and SAS Datasets
Objectives
In this lesson, you learn to do the following, assign a libref to a SAS library by using the LIBNAME statement explore the contents of SAS libraries by using the CONTENTS procedure or the Explorer window Identify and describe the structure and components of a SAS dataset
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