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SAS programming, functions attrn and attrc

attrn and attrc return information (attributes) about a data set. The returned data type is numeric for attrn and character for attrc.
data tq84_dat;
  do i = 1 to 10;
     j = 1 ** 2;
     output;
  end;
run;

%let dsid = %sysfunc(open(tq84_dat));
%put &=dsid ;

%put Is password required to alter data set:             %sysfunc(attrn(&dsid, alterpw     ));
%put Is number of observations known:                    %sysfunc(attrn(&dsid, anobs       ));
%put Has observations or variables:                      %sysfunc(attrn(&dsid, any         ));
%put Is random access supported:                         %sysfunc(attrn(&dsid, arand       ));
%put Can engine manipulate files:                        %sysfunc(attrn(&dsid, arwu        ));
%put Is logging to audit file enabled:                   %sysfunc(attrn(&dsid, audit       ));
%put Are after update record images stored:              %sysfunc(attrn(&dsid, audit_data  ));
%put Are before update record images stored:             %sysfunc(attrn(&dsid, audit_before));
%put Are unsuccessful after-update record images stored: %sysfunc(attrn(&dsid, audit_error ));
%put Datetime  f creation of dataset:                    %sysfunc(attrn(&dsid, crdte       ));
%put What and which referential integrity constraints:   %sysfunc(attrn(&dsid, iconst      ));
%put Is indexing supported:                              %sysfunc(attrn(&dsid, index       ));
%put Is data set indexed:                                %sysfunc(attrn(&dsid, isindex     ));
%put Is where clause actrive (is dataset a subset):      %sysfunc(attrn(&dsid, issubset    ));
%put Logical record length:                              %sysfunc(attrn(&dsid, lrecl       ));
%put Lenght of record id:                                %sysfunc(attrn(&dsid, lrid        ));
%put Maximum number of generation:                       %sysfunc(attrn(&dsid, maxgen      ));
%put Does application check return codes:                %sysfunc(attrn(&dsid, maxrc       ));
%put Datetime of modification of data set:               %sysfunc(attrn(&dsid, modte       ));
%put Number of observations marked for deletion:         %sysfunc(attrn(&dsid, ndel        ));
%put Next generation number:                             %sysfunc(attrn(&dsid, nextgen     ));
%put Number of logical observations:                     %sysfunc(attrn(&dsid, nlobsf      ));
%put Number of physical observations:                    %sysfunc(attrn(&dsid, nobs        ));
%put Number of variables:                                %sysfunc(attrn(&dsid, nvars       ));
%put Is password required to access data set:            %sysfunc(attrn(&dsid, pw          ));
%put Is data set radix accessible:                       %sysfunc(attrn(&dsid, radix       ));
%put Is password required to read data set:              %sysfunc(attrn(&dsid, readpw      ));
%put Is a sequential file:                               %sysfunc(attrn(&dsid, tape        ));
%put Kind of active where clauses:                       %sysfunc(attrn(&dsid, whstmt      ));
%put Is password required to write data set:             %sysfunc(attrn(&dsid, writepw     ));

%put Charset of data set:                                %sysfunc(attrc(&dsid, charset     ));
%put Is data set encrypted:                              %sysfunc(attrc(&dsid, encrypt     ));
%put Engine that accessed data set:                      %sysfunc(attrc(&dsid, engine      ));
%put Label assigned to data set:                         %sysfunc(attrc(&dsid, label       ));
%put Libref of library in which data set is:             %sysfunc(attrc(&dsid, lib         ));
%put Data set name:                                      %sysfunc(attrc(&dsid, mem         ));
%put Mode in which data set was opened:                  %sysfunc(attrc(&dsid, mode        ));
%put Library member type:                                %sysfunc(attrc(&dsid, mtype       ));
%put BY what is data set sorted:                         %sysfunc(attrc(&dsid, sortedby    ));
%put How was data set sorted:                            %sysfunc(attrc(&dsid, sortlvl     ));
%put Name of collating sequence used for sorting:        %sysfunc(attrc(&dsid, sortseq     ));
%put Type of data set:                                   %sysfunc(attrc(&dsid, type        ));

%let rc = %sysfunc(close(&dsid));
%put &=rc;
Github repository about-SAS, path: /programming/functions/attrX.sas

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