Writing Lines to the SAS Log or to an Output File |
Purpose |
In previous sections you learned how to store data values in a SAS data set and to use SAS procedures to produce a report that is based on these data values. In this section, you will learn how to do the following:
design output by positioning data values and character strings in an output file
prevent SAS from creating a data set by using the DATA _NULL_ statement
produce reports by using the DATA step instead of using a procedure
Prerequisites |
Before proceeding with this section, you should be familiar with the concepts presented in the following sections:
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