The PUTLOG statement functions identically as the ERROR statement, but does not modify the _ERROR_ variable. The PUTLOG statement works almost the same as the PUT statement, but always outputs to the Log.

You can't have a + or ( after PUTLOG. If so, SAS thinks that PUTLOG is a variable or an array. Below are some examples showing what works and what does not.

   /* This doesn't work.  Treats PUTLOG as an array. */
   PUTLOG (_ALL_)(=/);

   /* This doesn't work.  Treats PUTLOG as a variable. */
   PUTLOG +5 'here!';

   /* However, putting an @ first gets these to work...   */
      PUTLOG @1 (_ALL_)(=/);
      PUTLOG @1 +5 'here!';

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