Lookup Information on a SAS XPORT Format Library

Scans a file as a SAS XPORT format library and returns a list containing information about the SAS library.

lookup.xport(file)

Arguments

file

character variable with the name of the file to read. The file must be in SAS XPORT format.

Value

A list with one component for each dataset in the XPORT format library.

References

SAS Technical Support document TS-140: “The Record Layout of a Data Set in SAS Transport (XPORT) Format” available as https://support.sas.com/content/dam/SAS/support/en/technical-papers/record-layout-of-a-sas-version-5-or-6-data-set-in-sas-transport-xport-format.pdf

Author

Saikat DebRoy

See also

read.xport

Examples

if (FALSE) ## no XPORT file is installed.
lookup.xport("test.xpt")
 # \dontrun{}