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The PRINTTO Procedure

Example 1: Routing to External Files

Procedure features:
PRINTTO statement:
Without options
Options:
LOG=
NEW
PRINT=
This example uses PROC PRINTTO to route the log and procedure output to an external file and then reset both destinations to the default.

Program
 Note about code
options nodate pageno=1 linesize=80 pagesize=60 source;
 Note about code
proc printto log='log-file';
   run;

 Note about code
data numbers;
   input x y z;
   datalines;
 14.2   25.2   96.8
 10.8   51.6   96.8
  9.5   34.2  138.2
  8.8   27.6   83.2
 11.5   49.4  287.0
  6.3   42.0  170.7
;
 Note about code
proc printto print='output-file' new;
run;

proc print data=numbers;
   title 'Listing of NUMBERS Data Set';
run;
 Note about code
proc printto;
run;

Log

Portion of Log Routed to the Default Destination
1          options nodate pageno=1 linesize=80 pagesize=60 source;
2          proc printto log='log-file';
3          run;

Portion of Log Routed to an External File
5          
6          data numbers;
7             input x y z;
8             datalines;

NOTE: The data set WORK.NUMBERS has 6 observations and 3 variables.
NOTE: DATA statement used:
      real time           0.00 seconds
      cpu time            0.00 seconds
      

15         ;
16         proc printto print='output-file' new;
16       
17         run;

NOTE: PROCEDURE PRINTTO used:
      real time           0.00 seconds
      cpu time            0.00 seconds
      

18         
19         proc print data=numbers;
20            title 'Listing of NUMBERS Data Set';
21         run;

NOTE: The PROCEDURE PRINT printed page 1.
NOTE: PROCEDURE PRINT used:
      real time           0.00 seconds
      cpu time            0.00 seconds
      

22         
23         proc printto;
24         run;

Output

Procedure Output Routed to an External File
                          Listing of NUMBERS Data Set                          1

                          OBS      x       y       z

                           1     14.2    25.2     96.8
                           2     10.8    51.6     96.8
                           3      9.5    34.2    138.2
                           4      8.8    27.6     83.2
                           5     11.5    49.4    287.0
                           6      6.3    42.0    170.7


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