Hjermstad wrote: > I am attempting to write out lines of code from a SAS dataset so.... > > data _null_ > set data1; > file 'yada yada'; > put @ 1 bla bla bla > @ 10 yada yada; > run; > > I am working on mainframe and I need to have the first thing be put at > position 0, not position 1, but SAS won't allow that. Is there a way > around this?

Did you look at your output ? @1 is the first position in a line.

In some cases the format of blah can cause the PUT statement to write leading spaces.

Tidbit: almost all aspects positioning within the SAS environment is 1-based or defaults to 1-based.

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