SAS Files Overview

SAS can read and write a variety of files.

Some of these files are simply part of working with the SAS Windows environment. Other file types are associated with data.

The following table will list each:
 * SAS Window or software application that is associated with the file
 * the name of the SAS file
 * the Windows extension (usually three letters) that is associated with the file
 * (in parentheses) the kind of file it is, plain text is readable by humans in Notepad
 * guidance/notes about how to read/open the file

Note: A Word document (that you have simply Saved (.doc)), even though you might think of it as 'plain text' is unreadable by SAS. You may, though, open a the document in Word (that has data in it), and then cut/copy and paste data into a SAS Program (after a cards or datalines statement).