The EXPLODE Procedure

Example 1: Controlling Spacing

Procedure features:	PARMSCARDS statement
Message lines options:	S
	spacing-control

This example

controls horizontal spacing in the output by shifting the starting point of the text lines in the program
controls vertical spacing with an initial gap of two lines and another gap of two lines before the second line of text.

Program

options nodate pageno=1 linesize=88 pagesize=60;

options parmcards=extfile;
filename extfile 'parmfile';

proc explode;
   title 'Cover Page';

   parmcards;
 THESE 
6 WORDS
S2
     ARE BIG
;

Output

Cover Page 1 ***** * * ***** *** ***** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ***** **** * **** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ***** *** ***** * * *** **** **** *** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * **** * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** ** * * * * * * * * * * *** * * **** *** * **** ***** **** ***** *** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ***** **** **** *** * * *** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ***** **** ***** ***

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