Date:         Fri, 27 Feb 2004 04:42:34 -0000
Reply-To:     "Deng, Yue" <Yue.Deng@ASTRAZENECA.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Deng, Yue" <Yue.Deng@ASTRAZENECA.COM>
Subject:      Re: How to display slash '/' in PROC REPORT?
Comments: To: "don_stanley@PARADISE.NET.NZ" <don_stanley@PARADISE.NET.NZ>,
          "Huang, Ya" <yhuang@AMYLIN.COM>
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I know, just use option split='', thanks, Stanley and Huang Ya

-----Original Message-----
From: Deng, Yue
Sent: 27 February 2004 11:53
To: 'don_stanley@PARADISE.NET.NZ'; 'Huang, Ya'
Cc: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: How to display slash '/' in PROC REPORT?


If I don't want to use any 'split' character in PROC REPORT, what shall I
do?
Thanks

-----Original Message-----
From: Don Stanley [mailto:don_stanley@PARADISE.NET.NZ]
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 11:15 AM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: How to display slash '/' in PROC REPORT?


Nothing to do with PROC REPORT, your input statement is flawed. List input
stops reading at the first blank.

Use

input a $char12. ;

and that will work fine.

Don


On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 03:02:43 -0000, Deng, Yue <Yue.Deng@ASTRAZENECA.COM>
wrote:

>Thanks, Huang Ya
>
>The way you show me can display the slash in label but still can't solve
the
>problem in variable. Is there any option to to display slash '/' in
>variable?
>
>Thanks
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Huang, Ya [mailto:yhuang@AMYLIN.COM]
>Sent: 27 February 2004 10:31
>To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU; Deng, Yue
>Subject: Re: How to display slash '/' in PROC REPORT?
>
>
>On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 02:17:45 -0000, Deng, Yue <Yue.Deng@ASTRAZENECA.COM>
>wrote:
>
>>        Hello, everybody
>>
>>        Every time there's character '/' in variable or in the label, it
>>will make an 'Enter' funciton(start a new line). However I don't want it.
>>How to show '/' correctly?
>>
>>        Here's one example:>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>        >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>        data list;
>>                input a$;
>>                cards;
>>                GI/ CNS
>>                GI /CNS
>>                GI / CNS
>>                ;
>>        proc report nowd headline;
>>                label a='mg/L';
>>                run;
>>        >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>
>>
>>        What I want to show is>>>>>>
>>        >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>        mg/L
>>        -------
>>        GI/ CNS
>>        GI /CNS
>>        GI / CNS
>>        >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>
>>        But now it shows:>>>>>>>>>>>
>>        >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>        mg
>>        L
>>        ----------
>>        GI/
>>        GI
>>        GI
>>        >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>
>>        How to manage it? Thank you in advance!
>>
>>        Yue Deng
>
>Proc report consider '/' as the default 'splitter',
>if you don't want it to be a splitter, choose a different one:
>
>Try:
>
>        proc report nowd headline split='~';