Producing Detail Reports with the PRINT Procedure

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Data Set Indexes: For information about indexing data sets, see SAS Language Reference: Dictionary. You do not need to sort data sets before using a BY statement in the PRINT procedure if the data sets have an index for the variable or variables that are specified in the BY statement.
PROC PRINT: For complete documentation, see Base SAS Procedures Guide.
PROC SORT: For a discussion, see Working with Grouped or Sorted Observations. For complete reference documentation about the SORT procedure, see Base SAS Procedures Guide.
SAS formats: For complete documentation, see SAS Language Reference: Dictionary. Formats that are available with SAS software include fractions, hexadecimal values, roman numerals, social security numbers, date and time values, and numbers written as words.
SAS macro facility: For complete reference documentation, see SAS Macro Language: Reference.
WHERE statement: For complete reference documentation, see SAS Language Reference: Dictionary. For a complete discussion of WHERE processing, see SAS Language Reference: Concepts.