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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 07:18:34 -0500
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- From: "From Jerry, Ext. 3226" <kaganj1%phvax.dnet@SMITHKLINE.COM>
- Subject: RE: Annoying PROC REPORT Behavior
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- Yes, proc report has more than one annoying feature. One trick you
- can use is to embed an unprintable character like the "squiggle", (~),
- in the first position of some of your formats. These characters will
- sort in front of any alphabetic characters and will not show up when
- you print your report (on most printers anyway). In this way you can
- change the sort order without changing the format text.
-
- Proc tabulate has the same annoying habit that can sometimes be cured
- by using the ORDER=DATA option and sorting your input dataset but I
- do not know if proc reports problem can be solved as easily.
-
- Good luck,
-
- Jerry Kagan
- SmithKline Beecham
-