List only the column names of a dataset?

Question

I am working on SAS in UNIX env and I want to view only the column name of a dataset. I have tried proc contents and proc print but both of them list a lot of other irrevelant information that I do not want as it fills up my putty screen and the information ultimately is lost. I also tried to get this thing frm the sas metadata but that is not working either. I tried : 2? proc sql; select * from dictionary.tables where libname='test' and memname='sweden_elig_file_jul'; quit; 5? NOTE: No rows were selected. 6? NOTE: PROCEDURE SQL used (Total process time): real time 0.27 seconds cpu time 0.11 seconds

Answer 1

Here is a solution. The dataset COLUMNS contains only the column names of the dataset RAA.

data raa;

x=1;

y=2;

z=3;

run;

data columns(keep=name);

set sashelp.vcolumn;

where libname = 'WORK' and memname = 'RAA';

run;