R: Lookup Information on a SAS XPORT Format Library

lookup.xport {foreign} | R Documentation

## 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.

### Author(s)

Saikat DebRoy

### 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")

    ## End(Not run)

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