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The FILENAME statement can be used to define a file reference used with:
* an INFILE statement -- used define an external raw data file which is to be read,
* a FILE statement -- used define an external raw data file which is to be written, or
* a %INCLUDE statement -- used to incorporate SAS code from an external file into the current program.
An example SAS FILENAME statement is given below:
FILENAME fileref 'C:\filename.txt' ;
Where:
* FILENAME is the SAS language statement used to associate a file reference name with an external data file.
* fileref is a name used within the SAS program to refer to the external data file defined within the single quotes of the FILENAME statement.
* 'filename.txt' is the full specification of the external data file. If the file is not in the current directory, then the name in quotes should include the full directory specification:
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