The PRINT Procedure

Overview: PRINT Procedure

The PRINT procedure prints the observations in a SAS data set, using all or some of the variables. You can create a variety of reports ranging from a simple listing to a highly customized report that groups the data and calculates totals and subtotals for numeric variables.

Simple Listing Report

The following output illustrates the simplest kind of report that you can produce. The statements that produce the output follow. Selecting Variables to Print creates the data set EXPREV.

options nodate pageno=1 linesize=64 pagesize=60 obs=10;

proc print data=exprev;
run;

Simple Listing Report Produced with PROC PRINT

                         The SAS System                        1

                                                 Order_
    Obs    Country                    Emp_ID      Date

      1    Antarctica                99999999    1/1/08
      2    Puerto Rico               99999999    1/1/08
      3    Virgin Islands (U.S.)     99999999    1/1/08
      4    Aruba                     99999999    1/1/08
      5    Bahamas                   99999999    1/1/08
      6    Bermuda                   99999999    1/1/08
      7    Belize                    120458      1/2/08
      8    British Virgin Islands    99999999    1/2/08
      9    Canada                    99999999    1/2/08
     10    Cayman Islands            120454      1/2/08

           Ship_      Sale_
    Obs     Date       Type      Quantity    Price     Cost

      1    1/7/08    Internet         2       92.6    20.70
      2    1/5/08    Catalog         14       51.2    12.10
      3    1/4/08    In Store        25       31.1    15.65
      4    1/4/08    Catalog         30      123.7    59.00
      5    1/4/08    Catalog          8      113.4    28.45
      6    1/4/08    Catalog          7       41.0     9.25
      7    1/2/08    In Store         2      146.4    36.70
      8    1/5/08    Catalog         11       40.2    20.20
      9    1/5/08    Catalog        100       11.8     5.00
     10    1/2/08    In Store        20       71.0    32.30

Customized Report

The following HTML report is a customized report that is produced by PROC PRINT using ODS. The statements that create this report do the following:

create HTML output
customize the appearance of the report
customize the title and the column headings
place dollar signs and commas in numeric output
selectively include and control the order of variables in the report
group the data by JobCode
sum the values for Salary for each job code and for all job codes.

For an explanation of the program that produces this report, see Program: Creating an HTML Report with the STYLE Option.

Customized Report Produced by PROC PRINT Using ODS

[Customized Report Produced by PROC PRINT Using ODS]

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