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Format

Statistical Analysis System Catalog (Windows)

Summary

Name
Statistical Analysis System Catalog (Windows)
Version
9.1
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/605
Format type
Dataset
Description
SAS (Statistical Analysis System) is a statistical analysis software suite developed by SAS Institute. SAS catalogs store many different kinds of information in smaller units called catalog entries. Each entry has an entry type that identifies its purpose to SAS. A single SAS catalog can contain several types of catalog entries.
File extensions
sas7bcat, sc7
Source
Tessella / Tessella

Relationships

Has priority over

Internal signatures

SAS Catalog (Windows) 9.1

Note
BOF: 32 byte binary magic {7} 0x32 = Windows {116} 'CATALOG' {53-61} '9.01'. Signature based extensively on unofficial description of DATA format, plus a wide variety of format samples: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/sas7bdat/vignettes/sas7bdat.pdf

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
000000000000000000000000C2EA8163B31411CFBD92080009C7318C181F1011{7}32{116}434154414C4F47{53-61}392E3031
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Updated in V90

    Release date
    30 March 2017

    Statistical Analysis System Catalog (Windows) 9.1: Changed spelling of 'catalog' from 'catalogue' for consistency with terminology of the software and documentation. Simplified signature. Gave priority over fmt/1023. Added description.

  • Updated in V74

    Release date
    31 March 2014

    Statistical Analysis System Catalogue (Windows) 9.1: Improved specificity of BOF signature sequence offset.

  • Added in V72

    Release date
    12 November 2013

    Statistical Analysis System Catalogue (Windows) 9.1: Signature developed by Tessella.

    Statistical Analysis System Catalogue (Windows) 9.1: Outline Entry Added. Submitted by Tessella.