PROC TABULATE by Example, Second Edition

Create a One-Dimensional Table That Runs Vertically

When you build a one-dimensional table, PROC TABULATE takes your table definition and builds a table with a single row and many columns. There is no option to ask for a one-dimensional table that has a single column and many rows.

This can be a problem if your table turns out to be extremely wide. When your table becomes too wide for the page, PROC TABULATE generates a "Continued" message and builds the additional columns on a second page. This makes your table hard to read.

For example, take the following table. This shows the number of observations in the data set for each occupation:

PROC TABULATE DATA=TEMP;
   CLASS OCCUP;
   TABLE OCCUP=' '*N*F=15.;
RUN;

In Output 14.12, you can see that ...