on Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 11:19:51AM -0500, Stephen Finnigan (sfinnigan@NATHANINC.COM) wrote: > Hello again, > > Does anyone have a better method than... > > dm 'clear output; clear log' log; > > ...to clear the output and log windows? It works but seems a bit > brute-force-ish. > > I am constructing a massively iterative 2SLS regression model which uses the > ODS (thanks to some SAS-L helpers!) to output the parameter estimates to a > dataset. Due to the sheer number of regressions, I am looking to automate a > clearing of windows before they fill up and SAS gets angry.

That's a pretty standard method, it's what I use in interactive session.

You can redirect output to another location, preferably a file. See the FILE and LOG options, as well as ALTLOG and PROC PRINTTO.

See recent discussion on how to reduce the amount of log output. Notably, you can disable SAS notes. However, it's a bad idea to try to disable warning output.

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