Proc contents sas

Proc Contents SAS is a command in the SAS programming language that helps you to view the contents of a SAS dataset. It helps you to understand what kind of data is in the dataset, how many observations (rows) and variables (columns) there are, and what type of data is in each variable. For example, say you have a dataset called “students” which contains information about students in a school. If you use the Proc Contents SAS command, you can find out that the dataset has 10 variables and 50 observations (50 students in the school). You can also see what kind of data is in each variable. For example, the “Name” variable might be a character variable and the “Age” variable might be a numeric variable. An analogy might be like looking at the contents of a backpack. You can use the Proc Contents SAS command to see what’s inside the dataset, just like you can use your eyes to see what’s inside the backpack. Fun fact: The “Proc” in Proc Contents SAS stands for “procedure”.