Formatting characters
are used to construct tabular output outlines and dividers for various
procedures, such as the FREQ, REPORT, and TABULATE procedures. If
you omit formatting characters as an option in the procedure, the
default specifications given in the FORMCHAR= system option are used.
Note that you can also specify a hexadecimal character constant as
a formatting character. When you use a hexadecimal constant with this
option, SAS interprets the value of the hexadecimal constant as appropriate
for your operating system.
Note: To ensure that row and column
separators and boxed tabular reports are printed legibly when using
the standard forms characters, you must use these resources:
-
either the SAS Monospace or the
SAS Monospace Bold font
-
a printer that supports TrueType
fonts