Search with Srcware

Search with Srcware can be started from the Srcshell run editor or from Srcware. Using the Search Srcware example, here’s how.

Starting from the Srcshell run editor

1. Download and install Srclib as described in the Search Installation Guide.
2. In Windows start the Srcshell run editor. In Linux or Mac OS X run emacs with “-l ~/srclib/srcshell.el” as a command-line or icon option.
3. Open or create and save an XML file (.xml) with the following structure, replacing the Srcware run name and statements and Search run name and statements with your own.

   <srcware name="search_example">
   
   /* search example - srcware version */
   
   /* import the input dataset */
   
   <getdata name="search_data">
   data search_data.txt;
   metadata;
   delim "\t";
   skip 1;
   variables
   name=V16306 label="SIZE LGST CITY/COUNTY 89" type=num;
   name=V16631 label="AGE OF 1989 HEAD";
   name=V16973 label="D1 CHKPT";
   name=V17459 label="L7 GREW UP FARM OR?   HD";
   name=V17466 label="L13 PARENTS POOR OR?  HD";
   name=V17467 label="L14-15 EDUC OF FATHER  H";
   name=V17468 label="L16-17 EDUC OF MOTHER  H";
   name=V17483 label="L32 RACE OF HEAD 1";
   name=V17536 label="HEAD 88 AVG HRLY EARNING";
   name=V17538 label="REGION OF 1989 INTERVIEW";
   name=V17543 label="HEAD GEOGRAPHIC MOBILITY";
   name=V17545 label="EDUCATION 1989 HEAD";
   name=V17612 label="1989 FAMILY WEIGHT";
   end;
   run;
   </getdata>
   
   /* run search */
   
   <search name="search">
   datain search_data;
   title Hourly earnings analysis;
   depv=v17536 wt=v17612 null=.05 expl=0.4;
   v=(v16306,v16631,v17459,v17466,v17467,v17468,v17483,v17543,v17545);
   v=(v16973,v17538) s;
   run;
   </search>
   
   </srcware>
   

   If the search_data.set and search.set files exist, perhaps from a previous run, you can reuse them by replacing <search name=”search”>…</search> and <getdata name=”search_data”>…</getdata> with the following.

   <getdata name="search_data" />
   
   <search name="search" />
   

4. In Srcshell, click “run”. In emacs, press F8.

   Once you’ve created an Srcware setup file, search_example.set in the example, you can reuse it by issuing the following command.

   ~/srclib/bin/srcware search_example.set
   

Starting from Srcware

1. Download and install Srclib as described in the Search Installation Guide.
2. In a text editor, create and save a Srcware setup file with the following structure, replacing the Srcware statements and the Search run name and statements with your own.

/* search example - srcware version */

/* import the input dataset */

%getdata(name=search_data, setup=new);
data search_data.txt;
metadata;
delim "\t";
variables
  name=V16306 label="SIZE LGST CITY/COUNTY 89" type=num;
  name=V16631 label="AGE OF 1989 HEAD";
  name=V16973 label="D1 CHKPT";
  name=V17459 label="L7 GREW UP FARM OR?   HD";
  name=V17466 label="L13 PARENTS POOR OR?  HD";
  name=V17467 label="L14-15 EDUC OF FATHER  H";
  name=V17468 label="L16-17 EDUC OF MOTHER  H";
  name=V17483 label="L32 RACE OF HEAD 1";
  name=V17536 label="HEAD 88 AVG HRLY EARNING";
  name=V17538 label="REGION OF 1989 INTERVIEW";
  name=V17543 label="HEAD GEOGRAPHIC MOBILITY";
  name=V17545 label="EDUCATION 1989 HEAD";
  name=V17612 label="1989 FAMILY WEIGHT";
end;
run;

/* run search */

%search(name=search, setup=new);
datain search_data;
title Hourly earnings analysis;
depv=v17536 wt=v17612 null=.05 expl=0.4;
v=(v16306,v16631,v17459,v17466,v17467,v17468,v17483,v17543,v17545);
v=(v16973,v17538) s;
run;

3. Open a terminal or command window.
4. Change to the working directory you want to use.
5. Submit the following, changing the name and paths as needed.

~/srclib/bin/srcware search_example.set

Last updated 19 July 2016