BYLINE System Option

Specifies whether to print BY lines above each BY group.
Valid in: Configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window
Category: Log and procedure output control: Procedure output
PROC OPTIONS GROUP= LISTCONTROL
Note: This option can be restricted by a site administrator. For more information, see Restricted Options.
Syntax
Details
See Also

Syntax

BYLINE | NOBYLINE

Syntax Description

BYLINE
specifies that BY lines are printed above each BY group.
NOBYLINE
suppresses the automatic printing of BY lines.

Details

Use NOBYLINE to suppress the automatic printing of BY lines in procedure output. You can then use #BYVAL, #BYVAR, or #BYLINE to display BYLINE information in a TITLE statement.
These SAS procedures perform their own BY line processing by displaying output for multiple BY groups on the same page:
  • MEANS
  • PRINT
  • STANDARD
  • SUMMARY
  • TTEST (in SAS/STAT software).
With these procedures, NOBYLINE causes a page eject between BY groups. For PROC PRINT, the page eject between BY groups has the same effect as specifying the right most BY variable in the PAGEBY statement.

See Also

BY-Group Processing in the DATA Step in SAS Language Reference: Concepts
Statements:
#BYVAL, #BYVAR, and #BYLINE arguments, TITLE Statement in SAS Statements: Reference
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