proc explode is probably what you're thinking of.

proc delete is semi-retired -- it doesn't work all the time.

look for "supplemental procedures" - many of them have gone away.

On May 3, 2011, at 7:14 PM, Mary Rosenbloom wrote:

> Hi all, > > I need your input! > > I thought it would be fun to put together a list of retired SAS > procedures, and make it an article on sascommunity.org . I'm having a > little trouble, though, knowing where to find this list, so I thought I'd > ask you! > > When I was in school I learned about one (retired) PROC that could be used > to create a banner with a dot matrix printer. This banner could > say "Happy Birthday" or some other greating. I can't remember what the > name of that PROC was, though. > > If you can just give me the name of any retired SAS procs that you > remember, I can do the research on them myself. And, when I'm done, I > promise to post a link here to the sascommunity.org article that I create! > > Cheers, > Mary O.