Selecting Variables (2)

Creating List Reports

Selecting Variables

In addition to selecting variables, you can control the default Obs column that PROC PRINT displays to list observation numbers. You can specify text to replace the Obs heading in your PROC PRINT output, or you can choose not to display observation numbers.

Obs Age Height Weight Fee

1 27 72 168 85.20

2 34 66 152 124.80

3 31 61 123 149.75

4 43 63 137 149.75

5 51 71 158 124.80

Obs	Age	Height	Weight	Fee
1	27	72	168	85.20
2	34	66	152	124.80
3	31	61	123	149.75
4	43	63	137	149.75
5	51	71	158	124.80

Specifying the Obs Column Header

To change the text for the Obs heading, you can specify the OBS= option in the PROC PRINT statement. Be sure to enclose the heading text in matched quotes.

     proc print data=work.example obs='Patient';
        var age height weight fee;
     run;

Patient	Age	Height	Weight	Fee
1	27	72	168	85.20
2	34	66	152	124.80
3	31	61	123	149.75
4	43	63	137	149.75
5	51	71	158	124.80

Removing the Obs Column

To remove the Obs column, you can specify the NOOBS option in the PROC PRINT statement.

     proc print data=work.example noobs;
        var age height weight fee;
     run;

Age Height Weight Fee

27 72 168 85.20

34 66 152 124.80

31 61 123 149.75

43 63 137 149.75

51 71 158 124.80