SAS 9.4 Language Reference, 6th Edition

proc print data=sashelp.class;

where weight>100;

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Output 9.2 Listing Output in the Windowing Environment

See the procedure descriptions in the Base SAS Procedures Guide for examples of output

from SAS procedures. For a discussion and examples of DATA step output, see the

“FILE Statement” in SAS DATA Step Statements: Reference and the “PUT Statement” in

SAS DATA Step Statements: Reference.

The SAS Log

Structure of the Log

The SAS log is a record of everything that you do in your SAS session or with your SAS

program. Original program statements are identified by line numbers. SAS messages are

interspersed with SAS statements. These messages might begin with the words NOTE,

INFO, WARNING, ERROR, or an error number, and they might refer to a SAS

statement by its line number in the log.

For example, in the following output, the number 1 is printed to the left of the OPTIONS

statement. This means that it is the first line in the program. In interactive mode, SAS

continues with the sequence of line numbering until you end your session. If you submit

the program again (or submit other programs in your current SAS session), the first

program line number is the next consecutive number.

Operating Environment Information

The SAS log appears differently depending on your operating environment. See the

SAS documentation for your operating environment.

164 Chapter 9 • SAS Output

Log 9.1 Sample SAS Log

NOTE: Copyright (c) 2002-2012 by SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA. 1

NOTE: SAS (r) Proprietary Software 9.4 (TS1B0) 2

Licensed to SAS Institute Inc., Site 1. 3

NOTE: This session is executing on the W32_7PRO platform. 4

NOTE: SAS initialization used:

real time 4.19 seconds

cpu time 0.85 seconds

1 options pagesize=24

2 linesize=64 pageno=1 nodate; 5

3 data logsample; 6

5 infile

5 ! '\\myserver\my-directory-path\sampledata.dat'; 7

6 input LastName $ ID $ Gender $ Birth : date7. score1

6 ! score2 score3 score4 score5 score6 score7 score8;

7 format Birth mmddyy8.;

8 run;

NOTE: The infile

'\\myserver\my-directory-path\sampledata.dat' is: 8

Filename=\\myserver\my-directory-path\sampledata.dat,

RECFM=V,LRECL=256,File Size (bytes)=296,

Last Modified=08Jun2009:15:42:26,

Create Time=08Jun2009:15:42:26

NOTE: 5 records were read from the infile 9

'\\myserver\my-directory-path\sampledata.dat'.

The minimum record length was 58.

The maximum record length was 59.

NOTE: The data set WORK.LOGSAMPLE has 5 observations and 12

variables. 10

NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):

real time 0.21 seconds 11

cpu time 0.03 seconds

9

10 proc sort data=logsample; 12

11 by LastName;

12 run;

NOTE: There were 5 observations read from the data set

WORK.LOGSAMPLE.

NOTE: The data set WORK.LOGSAMPLE has 5 observations and 12

variables. 13

NOTE: PROCEDURE SORT used (Total process time):

real time 0.01 seconds

cpu time 0.01 seconds

13

14 proc print data=logsample; 14

15 by LastName;

16 run;

NOTE: There were 5 observations read from the data set

WORK.LOGSAMPLE.

NOTE: PROCEDURE PRINT used (Total process time):

real time 0.03 seconds

cpu time 0.03 seconds

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