foreign (version 0.2-8)

lookup.xport: Lookup information on a SAS XPORT format library

Description

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

Usage

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 http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/technote/ts140.html

See Also

read.xport

Examples

lookup.xport("transport")
<keyword>data</keyword>