The main difference is where the values are stored. A SAS data file is a type of SAS data set that contains both descriptor information about the data and the data values themselves. SAS data views ...

A file is any individual item on your PC, be it a photo, a Word document, a Quicken database, or an e-mail attachment (which may actually consist of multiple files).

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