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Martin Reindl
Martin Reindl

Reputation: 1603

SAS data storage - /*file_location*/ notation

I'm new to SAS and am trying to understand how a specific SAS program is reading data from files:

At this point I understand that libnames tell SAS where to store and retrieve data, but I've also come across this notation at the top of the file I am studying: 

%read_configuration_file(dataIn = /*rpe_para.*/configuration_file);

read_configuration_file is a macro my program runs. What I'm really confused about is the dataIn file location. Can somebody explain the notation to me?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 41

Answers (1)

data _null_
data _null_

Reputation: 9109

/* anything */ is a comment in SAS. The DATAIN parameter has the LIBNAME part commented-out.

Upvotes: 1

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