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Format

Statistical Analysis System Data (Unix)

Summary

Name
Statistical Analysis System Data (Unix)
Version
9.1
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/608
Format type
Dataset
Description
SAS (Statistical Analysis System) is a statistical analysis software suite developed by SAS Institute. A SAS data file is a type of SAS data set that contains data values and descriptor information.
File extensions
sas7bdat, sd7
Source
Tessella / Tessella

Relationships

Has priority over

Internal signatures

SAS Data (Unix) 9.1

Note
BOF: 32 byte binary magic {7} 0x31 = Unix {116} 'DATA' {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
000000000000000000000000C2EA8160B31411CFBD92080009C7318C181F1011{7}31{116}44415441{56-64}392E3031
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Updated in V90

    Release date
    30 March 2017

    Statistical Analysis System Data (Unix) 9.1: Simplified signature. Gave priority over fmt/1016. Added description.

  • Updated in V74

    Release date
    31 March 2014

    Statistical Analysis System Data (Unix) 9.1: Improved specificity of BOF signature sequence offset.

  • Added in V72

    Release date
    12 November 2013

    Statistical Analysis System Data (Unix) 9.1: Signature developed by Tessella.

    Statistical Analysis System Data (Unix) 9.1: Outline Entry Added. Submitted by Tessella.