For example, when sitting down a chair will either support the person or break. Attribute data describes the capability of the chair to meet the demands placed on it.

The positions of variables in a SAS data set affect the order in which they appear in the output of SAS procedures, unless you control the order within your program, for example, with a VAR statement.

Before retrieving or updating the PC files data that are described by a view descriptor, you may want to review the attributes of the data's variables. You can use the CONTENTS or DATASETS procedure ...