When a TITLE statement includes a null character string and formatting options, such as HEIGHT or FONT, the following WARNING will appear in the SAS log:

    WARNING:  The TITLE statement is ambiguous due to invalid options or 
              unquoted text.

The following TITLE statement replicates this behavior:

    title height=8pt '';

Without the formatting options, the WARNING is not generated. In either case, the TITLE text appears as a single quote in the output. The work-around is to add a blank space between the single quotes.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	Base SAS	z/OS	9.1 TS1M3
		Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems	9.1 TS1M3
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M3
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M3
		Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M3
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server	9.1 TS1M3
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server	9.1 TS1M3
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Server	9.1 TS1M3
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional	9.1 TS1M3
		Microsoft Windows NT Workstation	9.1 TS1M3
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	9.1 TS1M3
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	9.1 TS1M3
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	9.1 TS1M3
		Microsoft Windows XP Professional	9.1 TS1M3
		Windows Vista	9.1 TS1M3
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9.1 TS1M3
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX	9.1 TS1M3
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.1 TS1M3
		HP-UX IPF	9.1 TS1M3
		Linux	9.1 TS1M3
		OpenVMS Alpha	9.1 TS1M3
		Tru64 UNIX	9.1 TS1M3

* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.

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When a TITLE statement includes a null string and formatting options, a Warning message is generated.

Type:	Usage Note
Priority:
Topic:	SAS Reference ==> Statements ==> Output Control ==> TITLE

Date Modified:	2009-11-20 10:33:23
Date Created:	2009-11-18 12:56:25