SAS Certification Prep Guide: Base Programming for SAS 9, Third Edition

Referencing a SAS Library

Using a LIBNAME Statement

As you begin to write the program, remember that you might need to use a LIBNAME statement to reference the permanent SAS library in which the data set will be stored.

To do this...	Use this SAS statement...	Example
Reference a SAS library	LIBNAME statement	libname taxes 'c:\users\name\sasuser';

For example, the LIBNAME statement below assigns the libref Taxes to the SAS library in the folder C:\Acct\Qtr1\Report in the Windows environment.

libname taxes 'c:\acct\qtr1\report';

You do not need to use a LIBNAME statement in all situations. For example, if you are storing the data set in a temporary SAS data set or if SAS has automatically assigned the libref for the ...