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For more information on PUT see http://v8doc.sas.com/sashtml/lgref/z0161869.htm 
Example tested under SAS 8.2, Windows 2000
Phil Mason
Wood Street Consultants Ltd. 
tips@woodstreet.org.uk 
www.woodstreet.org.uk

Ways to use the PUT statement

The PUT statement is a very flexible tool in the data step programmers toolkit. 
Here are some different ways of using it – hopefully
there may be one or two you have not seen before.

Statement 

Explanation



    

  1. 
Put x y z ;

Write values of 3 variables out separated by a space

    

  2. 
Put ‘hello’ ’09’x ;

Write text followed by hexadecimal 09 – which is a tab character (in ASCII)

    

  3. 
Put 132*’_’ ;

Write 132 underscores

    

  4. 
Put #3 @44 cost ;

Write value of cost out beginning at line 3 column 44

    

  5. 
Put var 1-5 ;

Write the value of var out into the columns from column 1 to column 5

    

  6. 
Put cost dollar12.2 ;

Write the value of cost out using the dollar12.2 format

    

  7. 
Put (a b) (1. ‘,’ $3.) ;

Write the value of a out using a 1. format, then a comma, then the value of b using a $3. format

    

  8. 
Put _infile_ ;

Write out the current input buffer, as read by the last input statement

    

  9. 
Put _all_ ;

Write out the values of all variables, including _error_ and _n_

    

  10. 
Put _ods_ ;

Write out the default or previously defined variables to the ODS destination

    

  11. 
Put a b c @ ;

Write values of variables a, b & c out, separated by spaces & keep line “open” so 
that next put statement will continue on. If we
reach end of data step iteration then line is “closed”

    

  12. 
Put d e @@ ;

Write values of variables d & e out, separated by spaces & keep line “open”, even if 
we reach end of data step iteration.

    

  13. 
Put @10 name ;

Write value of name at column 10

    

  14. 
Put @pos name ;

Write value of name at column specified in variable pos

    

  15. 
Put @(3*pos) name ;

Write value of name at column calculated by value of pos multiplied by 3

    

  16. 
Put a +3 b ;

Write value of a followed by 3 spaces and then value of b

    

  17. 
Put a +gap b ;

Write value of a followed by a number of spaces specified in variable gap, and 
then value of b

    

  18. 
Put a +(2*gap) b ;

Write value of a followed by a number of spaces calculated by value of gap multiplied 
by 2, and then value of b

    

  19. 
Put #2 text ;

Write value of text at line 2

    

  20. 
Put #line text ;

Write value of text at line specified in variable line

    

  21. 
Put #(line*3) text ;

Write value of text at line calculated by value of line multiplied by 3

    

  22. 
Put line1 / line2 ;

Write value of line1, then go to a new line and write value of line2

    

  23. 
Put @1 title overprint 
      @1 ‘________’ ;

Write value of title and then overprint underscores on that value. This only works 
on some print destinations and usually looks wrong on the screen.

    

  24. 
Put _blankpage_ ;

Ensure that a totally blank page is produced. This means that if we had written even 
1 character on a page, then that page will be written as well as another totally blank page.

    

  25. 
Put _page_ ;

This finishes the current page, causing the next thing we write out to be on a new page.

    

  26. 
Put name= phone= ;

Write the text “name=” followed by the value of name, and then “phone=” followed by the 
value of phone.

    

  27. 
Put my_big_array(*) ;

Write each element of my_big_array in the form variable=value

    



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