Date:         Thu, 31 Jul 1997 11:57:01 -0700
Reply-To:     Victor Gastanaga <vgastan@RCF.USC.EDU>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         Victor Gastanaga <vgastan@RCF.USC.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Saving a dataset into an ascii file
Comments: To: Manuel Garcia-Ayuso <mgayuso@CICA.ES>
In-Reply-To:  <33E11622.60E2@cica.es>
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I used to do this quite frequently in the past:
[Untested]
 
data _null_; set old;
file 'newfile.txt';
put x1 x2 x3;
 
 
On Fri, 1 Aug 1997, Manuel Garcia-Ayuso wrote:
 
> Hello, there,
>
> I am a SAS beginner and this is my first time in comp.soft-sys.sas, so
> sorry if my question is too naive.
>
> Can anyone tell me if it is possible to save a SAS dataset in ascii
> format so that it can be retrieved with Excel or handled with some
> other statistical package/languaje?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
> Manuel.
>
>
>
> Manuel Garcia-Ayuso
> Department of Accounting
> University of Seville
>