Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Rest.sas to set correct formchar for PC/Windows Format

This was quite useful before the ODS was introduced. 

/**************************************************************/
/*             SAS Programming Tips                           */
/*      Author: Chunqin Deng                                  */
/*Program File: reset.sas                                     */
/*        Date: June 25, 1999                                 */
/*     Purpose: put the reset.sas file in the beginning of    */
/*              each program. It will balance the unbalanced  */
/*              quotation mark and set correct formchar for   */
/*              PC/Windows Format. Formchar option will       */
/*              prevent to create a string character when you */
/*              paste the SAS output to other work            */
/*              editor software                               */
/**************************************************************/

*';        /* Balance the unbalanced single quotation mark */
*";        /* Balance the unbalanced double quotation mark */
run;
title;     /* Delete the existing title definition */
footnote;
options nocenter;
options nomprint nomlogic nosymbolgen;
options notes nodate nonumber ls=195
        ps=55 obs=max;
options formchar='|----|+|---+=|-/\*';  /* For PC/Windows Platform */
goptions reset=all;
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data try;
do i=1 to 2;
  do j=1 to 2;
  input x@@;
  output;
  end;
end;
datalines;
23 34 12 56
;
run;
proc freq;
tables i*j/chisq;
run;

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