SAS 9.4 Output Delivery System, 3rd Edition

Programs That Illustrate Inheritance

Overview

The programs in this section show the PROC TEMPLATE steps that were used in

“Understanding Styles, Style Elements, and Style Attributes” in Chapter 14 of SAS 9.4

Output Delivery System: Procedures Guide to illustrate inheritance in style templates.

These programs also show the SAS code that uses the style definitions.

Using the FROM option

This program generates the HTML output in the section “Using the FROM Option” in

Chapter 14 of SAS 9.4 Output Delivery System: Procedures Guide.

• This version of the code uses the FROM option in the STYLE statement to create the

Colors style element in the Concepts.Style2 style template.

ods path sashelp.tmplmst(read) sasuser.templat(update);

title;

options nodate pageno=1 linesize=72 pagesize=60;

data test;

input country $ 1-13 grain $ 15-18 kilotons;

datalines;

Brazil Rice 10035

China Rice 190100

India Rice 120012

Indonesia Rice 51165

United States Rice 7771

;

proc template;

define table mytable;

column x y z w;

define x;

style=celldatasimple;

dataname=country;

header='Country';

end;

define y;

style=celldataemphasis;

dataname=grain;

header='Grain';

end;

define z;

style=celldatalarge;

dataname=kilotons;

header='Kilotons';

end;

define w;

style=celldatasmall;

dataname=kilotons;

header='Kilotons';

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