The EXPLODE Procedure

Overview

The EXPLODE procedure produces printed output with oversized text by expanding each letter into a matrix of characters. You can use the EXPLODE procedure to generate posters, flip charts, and header pages for computer output.

Note: PROC EXPLODE with a PARMCARDS statement cannot be included in a macro. [cautionend]
A Line of Expanded Text shows the results of the most basic form of a PROC EXPLODE step with only one line of text. The following statements produce the output:

options nodate pageno=1 linesize=80 
        pagesize=60;

proc explode;
   parmcards;
 TOP SECRET
;

A Line of Expanded Text

The SAS System 1 ***** *** **** *** ***** *** **** ***** ***** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * **** * **** * **** **** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *** * *** ***** *** * * ***** *

Through options you can control spacing, the density of the text, and underlining.

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