You can create HTML output using programming statements on any SAS platform. In addition, on all except mainframe platforms, you can use SAS windows to specify HTML as a result format.

As long as you specify an informat with the correct field width for reading the entire date value, the YEARCUTOFF= option does not affect date values that have four-digit years.

A SAS engine is a set of internal instructions that SAS uses for writing to and reading from files in a SAS library. Each engine specifies the file format for files that are stored in the library, which in turn enables SAS to access files with a particular format. Some engines access SAS files, and other engines support access to other vendors' files.

To print a summary of library contents with the CONTENTS procedure, use a period to append the _ALL_ option to the libref. Adding the NODS option suppresses detailed information about the files.

Librefs must be 1 to 8 characters long, must begin with a letter or underscore, and can contain only numbers, letters, or underscores. After you assign a libref, you specify it as the first level in the two-level name for a SAS file.

The YEARCUTOFF= option specifies which 100-year span is used to interpret two-digit year values. The default value of YEARCUTOFF= is 1920. However, you can override the default and change the value of YEARCUTOFF= to the first year of another 100-year span. If you specify YEARCUTOFF=1950, then the 100-year span will be from 1950 to 2049.

The LIBNAME statement is global, which means that librefs stay in effect until changed or canceled, or until the SAS session ends. Therefore, the LIBNAME statement assigns the libref for the current SAS session only. You must assign a libref before accessing SAS files that are stored in a permanent SAS data library.

In the LIBNAME statement, you specify the library name before the engine name. Both are followed by the path.