Date:         Tue, 4 Oct 2011 15:02:38 +0200
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From:         =?windows-1255?Q?=E2=E3=E9_=E1=EF_=E0=E1=E9?= <GADI_B@MALAM.COM>
Subject:      Re: Producing a report with more that one blank line between data
              lines
Comments: To: Tom Abernathy <tom.abernathy@GMAIL.COM>
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Thanks, but we're running on z/OS, so the first option won't work.
The problem with the second option is that if the data set has many records, it can cause performance problems.

Gadi

-----Original Message-----
From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Abernathy
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 2:39 PM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: Producing a report with more that one blank line between data lines

There are a few tricks you can do when using simple ASCII output files.

One is to add a column that includes newline characters.  If you do this you might want to lower the PAGESIZE settings as SAS will not count those extra lines.

%let nlines=2;
data example;
  set sashelp.class ;
  skip = repeat('0A0A'x,&nlines - 1);
 * On Windows might want to use '0D0A'x ; run; proc printto print='example.lst'; run; proc print; run; proc printto print=print; run;

Another trick is add blank records and print those.

%let nlines=2;
data example;
 set sashelp.class ;
 output;
 call missing(of _all_);
 do _n_=1 to &nlines;
   output;
 end;
run;
options missing=' ';
proc print noobs;
run;
options missing='.';


On Tue, 4 Oct 2011 13:14:12 +0200, <GADI_B@MALAM.COM> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>One of our users asked how she could produce a report using PROC PRINT
>that
would have more than one blank line between the data lines.
>
>Does anyone know how to do this?
>
>Thanks
>
>Gadi
>

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