SAS 9.4 Output Delivery System, 3rd Edition

footer attribute

a formatting property that controls aspects of a footer, such as the appearance of the

footer contents and the placement of the footer. The footer attribute has a reserved

name and value definted in ODS.

frequency table

a table that lists each of the distinct values that a variable has within all of the

observations in a SAS data set. For each value, the table also lists the number of

observations in which the variable has that value.

graph segment

in ODS, a file type or output object that contains a graph. Graphs are created in some

SAS procedures, including those in SAS/GRAPH. The graph output object is

referenced as a GRSEG.

graphics template

See ODS template

header attribute

a formatting property that controls aspects of a header, such as the appearance of the

header contents and the placement of the header. The header attribute has a reserved

name and value defined in ODS.

HTML

See HyperText Markup Language

HyperText Markup Language

a coding system in which the codes indicate the layout and style of the text in a text

file. Other HTML codes enable you to embed electronic objects such as images,

sounds, video streams, and applets (small software applications) into HTML

documents. All Web browsers can process HTML documents. Short form: HTML.

inline formatting

a feature of the Output Delivery System (ODS) that allows you to insert simple

formatting text into ODS output by using the ODS ESCAPECHAR statement.

item store

a SAS library member that consists of pieces of information that can be accessed

independently. The contents of an item store are organized in a directory tree

structure, which is similar to the directory structures that are used by UNIX System

Services or by Windows. For example, a particular value might be stored and located

using a directory path (root_dir/sub_dir/value). The SAS Registry is an example of

an item store.

list variable

a type of memory variable that consists of an array that contains a list of numbers or

text strings that are indexed. A list variable has, as part of its name, a preceding '$'

symbol and a subscript that is empty or contains a number or numeric variable. The

number within the subscript is called an index. For example, the list variable

$Mylist[2] identifies the second entry in the list variable $Mylist. In this case, the

index is 2.

LISTING destination

an ODS destination that produces traditional SAS output (monospace format).

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