Row Number of Variable Names

Specify the number of the row containing the variable (column) names of the SAS data set variables to be created. The value entered here must be an integer between 0 and 10000, inclusive.

Note the following important points:

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The variable names in the row specified must be unique.

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If necessary, the variable names are converted to valid SAS variable names with no embedded spaces or special characters See SAS Variable Names and Labels for more information on naming SAS variables.

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If you specify 0 for this parameter, no header names are read from the raw data file. The SAS variables names are assigned to be Var1 through Varn for text or csv files and F1 through Fn for Excel files, where n is the number of columns in the raw data file. In this case, you must keep track of the order and content of the columns when using the SAS data set.

To Specify the Row Number of Variable Names:

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Enter a valid row number that contains the names of variables.