You might also want to specify justification for columns in your report. Remember that by default, PROC REPORT left-justifies character variables and right-justifies numeric variables. For each variable that you define, you can specify the justification option CENTER, LEFT, or RIGHT in the DEFINE statement.

Each option justifies both the formatted values of the report item within the column width and the column headings over the values.

Example

To center headings and values for Flight, Orig, and Dest, you can specify the CENTER option as shown below in your DEFINE statements:

     proc report data=flights.europe nowd;
        where dest in ('LON','PAR');
        column flight orig dest mail freight revenue;
        define revenue / format=dollar15.2;
        define flight / width=6 'Flight/Number' center;
        define orig / width=6 spacing=5 'Flight/Origin' center;
        define dest / width=11 spacing=5 'Flight/Destination' center;
     run;