The PRINTTO Procedure

Example 2: Routing to SAS Catalog Entries

Procedure features:

PRINTTO statement:

Without options

Options:

	LABEL=
	LOG=
	NEW
	PRINT=

This example uses PROC PRINTTO to route the SAS log and procedure output to a SAS catalog entry and then to reset both destinations to the default.

Program

libname lib1 'SAS-data-library';

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

proc printto log=test.log label='Inventory program' new;
run;

data lib1.inventry;
   length Dept $ 4 Item $ 6 Season $ 6 Year 4;
   input dept item season year @@;
   datalines;
3070 20410  spring 1996 3070 20411  spring 1997
3070 20412  spring 1997 3070 20413  spring 1997
3070 20414  spring 1996 3070 20416  spring 1995
3071 20500  spring 1994 3071 20501  spring 1995
3071 20502  spring 1996 3071 20503  spring 1996
3071 20505  spring 1994 3071 20506  spring 1994
3071 20507  spring 1994 3071 20424  spring 1994
;

proc printto print=lib1.cat1.inventry.output
             label='Inventory program' new;
run;

proc report data=lib1.inventry nowindows headskip;
   column dept item season year;
   title 'Current Inventory Listing';
run;

proc printto;
run;

Log
SAS Log Routed to SAS Catalog Entry SASUSER.PROFILE.TEST.LOG.

8 9 data lib1.inventry; 10 length Dept $ 4 Item $ 6 Season $ 6 Year 4; 11 input dept item season year @@; 12 datalines; NOTE: SAS went to a new line when INPUT statement reached past the end of a line. NOTE: The data set LIB1.INVENTRY has 14 observations and 4 variables. NOTE: DATA statement used: real time 0.00 seconds cpu time 0.00 seconds 20 ; 21 22 proc printto print=lib1.cat1.inventry.output 23 label='Inventory program' new; 24 run; NOTE: PROCEDURE PRINTTO used: real time 0.00 seconds cpu time 0.00 seconds 25 26 proc report data=lib1.inventry nowindows headskip; 27 column dept item season year; 28 title 'Current Inventory Listing'; 29 run; NOTE: PROCEDURE REPORT used: real time 0.00 seconds cpu time 0.00 seconds 30 31 proc printto; 32 run;

Output
Procedure Output Routed to SAS Catalog Entry LIB1.CAT1.INVENTRY.OUTPUT.

Current Inventory Listing 1 Dept Item Season Year 3070 20410 spring 1996 3070 20411 spring 1997 3070 20412 spring 1997 3070 20413 spring 1997 3070 20414 spring 1996 3070 20416 spring 1995 3071 20500 spring 1994 3071 20501 spring 1995 3071 20502 spring 1996 3071 20503 spring 1996 3071 20505 spring 1994 3071 20506 spring 1994 3071 20507 spring 1994 3071 20424 spring 1994

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