Date:         Thu, 12 Feb 1998 17:20:07 GMT
Reply-To:     Jay Weedon <jweedon@EARTHLINK.NET>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         Jay Weedon <jweedon@EARTHLINK.NET>
Organization: http://extra.newsguy.com
Subject:      Re: OUTPUTwon't generate file
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On Thu, 12 Feb 1998 11:38:21 -0500, "Michael S. Lundy"
<MSLundy@internetMCI.com> wrote:
 
>Although my program runs w/o any error messages, I can't get SAS to
>produce an actual output file from PROC UNIVARIATE. I'm obviously not a
>"SAS Master," but I do have a rapidly approaching thesis deadline<g>.
>
>Here's just a few snippets of the code:
>
>FILENAME ONE 'F:\Raw-Data\Paper Print, Delivery & Receipt JDates
>Times.txt';
>FILENAME TWO 'F:\Raw-Data\Email Lab Delivery & Receipt JDates
>Times.DAT';
>FILENAME THREE 'F:\SAS Data Sets\Delivery-Receipt Delay MEDIANS.dat';
>/* First two are actual existing raw data files. Third is the file */
>/* I want to create w PROC UNIVARIATE */
>/* Other code steps here, omitted to save space in newsgroup */
>PROC Sort;
>        By PDempoID;
>
>PROC UNIVARIATE;
>        VAR PRDelay;
>        BY PDempoID;
>OUTPUT OUT=THREE MEDIAN=PDelMed MODE=PDelMode;
>
>/* Runs, generates the expected stats in the output screen log */
>/* No 'F:\SAS Data Sets\Delivery-Receipt Delay MEDIANS.dat' created */
>
>Running SAS for OS/2, Release 6.11, TS Level 0020
 
The proc is supposed to output a SAS *dataset*. My guess is that it IS
outputting a dataset (verify by consulting the log): WORK.THREE. It
won't write to an external file.
 
You could use a datastep and some PUT statements to later write the
info to an external file if you wanted to, e.g.,
 
data _null_;
  set three;
  file three; put _all_;
run;
 
Jay Weedon