The FORMS Procedure

Example 1: Printing a Single Form Unit for Each Observation

Procedure features:

PROC FORMS statement options:

	ACROSS=
	ALIGN=
	BETWEEN=
	DOWN=
	FILE=
	SKIP=
	WIDTH=

LINE statement options:

	INDENT=
	LASTNAME
	PACK

Other features:

SORT procedure

This example uses PROC FORMS to print one set of mailing labels consisting of one copy of the form unit for each observation.

Program

options nodate pageno=1 linesize=80 pagesize=60; data list; input Name $ 1-19 Street $ 20-39 City $ 40-54 State $ 55-56 Zip $ 59-63; datalines; Ericson, Jane 211 Clancey Court Chapel Hill NC 27514 Dix, Martin L. 4 Shepherd St. Norwich VT 05055 Gabrielli, Theresa 24 Ridgetop Rd. Westboro MA 01581 Clayton, Aria 314 Bridge St. Hanover NH 03755 Archuleta, Ruby Box 108 Milagro NM 87429 Misiewicz, Jeremy 43-C Lakeview Apts. Madison WI 53704 Ahmadi, Hafez 5203 Marston Way Boulder CO 80302 Jacobson, Becky 7 Lincoln St. Tallahassee FL 32312 An, Ing 95 Willow Dr. Charlotte NC 28211 Slater, Emily C. 2009 Cherry St. York PA 17407 ; proc sort data=list; by zip; run;

filename labels 'external-file';

proc forms data=list file=labels width=24 across=3 between=4 down=2 skip=2 align=2;

line 1 name / lastname; line 2 street; line 3 city state / pack; line 4 zip / indent=15; run;

Output

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Theresa Gabrielli Aria Clayton Martin L. Dix 24 Ridgetop Rd. 314 Bridge St. 4 Shepherd St. Westboro MA Hanover NH Norwich VT 01581 03755 05055 Emily C. Slater Jane Ericson Ing An 2009 Cherry St. 211 Clancey Court 95 Willow Dr. York PA Chapel Hill NC Charlotte NC 17407 27514 28211 Becky Jacobson Jeremy Misiewicz Hafez Ahmadi 7 Lincoln St. 43-C Lakeview Apts. 5203 Marston Way Tallahassee FL Madison WI Boulder CO 32312 53704 80302 Ruby Archuleta Box 108 Milagro NM 87429

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