The PRINT Procedure

Overview

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 Report Produced with PROC PRINT illustrates the simplest kind of report that you can produce. The statements that produce the output follow. A DATA step creates the data set EXPREV.

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

proc print data=exprev;
run;

Simple Report Produced with PROC PRINT

Customized Report Produced with PROC PRINT is a customized report that is produced by PROC PRINT. The statements that create this 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 Creating a Customized Layout with BY Groups and ID Variables .

Customized Report Produced with PROC PRINT

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