Introduction to Writing Lines to the SAS Log or to an Output File
Purpose
In previous sections you learned how to store data values
in a SAS data set and to use SAS procedures to produce a report that
is based on these data values. In this section, you will learn how
to do the following:
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design output by positioning data values and character strings in an output file
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prevent SAS from creating a data set by using the DATA _NULL_ statement
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produce reports by using the DATA step instead of using a procedure
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direct data to an output file by using a FILE statement
Prerequisites
Before proceeding with
this section, you should be familiar with the concepts presented in
the following sections:
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