PROC TABULATE by Example, Second Edition

Modify Headings with Inline Formatting

Overview

Sometimes there are small customizations that cannot be done with style overrides. In this case, you can use inline formatting. Inline formatting enables you to insert simple formatting text into Output Delivery System (ODS) output by using the ODS ESCAPECHAR statement. Inline formatting is consistent across all ODS destinations.

The ODS ESCAPECHAR statement specifies a character that represents an inline formatting symbol. You can use the symbol together with inline formatting functions to insert formatting instructions into text strings. The syntax for the ODS EXCAPECHAR statement is the following:

ODS EXCAPECHAR="excape-character";

Escape characters can be @, ^, or \.

The syntax for the inline ...