Problem Note 53287: Using the $VARYING. format in a LINE statement in PROC REPORT might generate more output than you expect in the LISTING destination
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When you use the $VARYING. format in a LINE statement in the REPORT procedure, fewer detail lines might be generated per page in the output that you send to the LISTING destination. This behavior might cause the output to be much longer than it was in earlier SAS® releases. This problem is more likely to occur when multiple LINE statements contain the $VARYING. format.
Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.
The hot fix causes the number of rows on each page of the LISTING output to be consistent. This is a change in behavior from SAS® 9.2 and SAS® 9.3, where the use of the $VARYING. format might have produced a different number of detail rows on each page. The new behavior is in effect after you apply the hot fix.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Z64 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.4 TS1M1 | |||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||