foreign (version 0.8-69)

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 https://support.sas.com/techsup/technote/ts140.pdf.

See Also

read.xport

Examples

# NOT RUN {
## no XPORT file is installed.
lookup.xport("test.xpt")
# }