The FORMAT Procedure

Example 1: Creating a Picture Format

Procedure features:

PROC FORMAT statement options:

LIBRARY=

PICTURE statement options:

	MULT=
	PREFIX=

LIBRARY libref

LOW and HIGH keywords

Data set:

PROCLIB.STAFF .

This example uses a PICTURE statement to create a format that prints the values for SALARY in the data set PROCLIB.STAFF in U.S. dollars.

Program

libname proclib 'SAS-data-library-1 '; libname library 'SAS-data-library-2';

options nodate pageno=1 linesize=80 pagesize=40;

   proc format library=library;

      picture uscurr low-high='000,000' (mult=1.61 prefix='$');
   run;

proc print data=proclib.staff noobs label;
   label salary='Salary in U.S. Dollars';
   format salary uscurr.;
   title 'PROCLIB.STAFF with a Format for the Variable Salary';
run;

Output

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