Getting Started with SAS Programming

Chapter 18: Displaying Your Data

Introduction

The chapter describes how to use PROC PRINT to list all or part of a SAS data set. PROC PRINT can create decent-looking reports that include column labels and summary data. However, if you need a fancier report or want more control over its appearance, you can use PROC REPORT to produce your report. There is a tradeoff: PROC REPORT can produce more sophisticated, custom reports, but it is more complicated to use. As a matter of fact, there are entire books dedicated to PROC REPORT. For many applications, especially with the added tricks described in this chapter, you might find that the reports created by PROC PRINT will do just fine.

Producing a Simple Report Using PROC PRINT

This first example ...