• use the same format name in the FORMAT statement that you specified in the VALUE statement
• place a period at the end of the format name when it is used in the FORMAT statement.

     libname library 'c:\sas\formats\lib';
     proc format lib=library;
        value JobFmt
              103='manager'
              105='text processor'
              111='assoc. technical writer'
              112='technical writer'
              113='senior technical writer';
     run;

     libname library 'c:\sas\formats\lib';
     data perm.empinfo;
        infile empdata;
        input @9 FirstName $5. @1 LastName $7. +7 JobTitle 3.
              @19 Salary comma9.;
        format salary comma9.2 jobtitle jobfmt.;
     run;

If you choose not to format all of a variable's values, those in the VALUE statement are printed with the specified format; the remaining values are printed as they appear in the SAS data set. For example,

     proc format lib=library;
        value JobFmt
           103='manager'
           105='text processor';
     run;