Date:         Fri, 12 Oct 2001 12:04:27 -0400
Reply-To:     "Fehd, Ronald J." <rjf2@CDC.GOV>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Fehd, Ronald J." <rjf2@CDC.GOV>
Subject:      Re: Text File With Carriage Return
Comments: To: Patrick Smith <PSmith@USSC.GOV>
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> From: Patrick Smith [mailto:PSmith@USSC.GOV]
> When creating a text file from a SAS dataset, is a carriage
> return automatically added at the end of a record?

yes
you get a CR at 'end'/closure of each put statement
you can add extra with the new-line command slash:
put 'something on first line'
  / 'this will be on the second line';

Ron Fehd  the macro maven  CDC Atlanta GA USA RJF2@cdc.gov
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