https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Comment-after-PROC-in-a-clean-way/m-p/607354#M176532 <P>When I copy/paste the Listing(!) output from EG, I get this:</P> <PRE> Die Prozedur FREQ Kumuliert Kumuliert Make Häufigkeit Prozent Häufigkeit Prozent ------------------------------------------------------------------ Acura 7 1.64 7 1.64 Audi 19 4.44 26 6.07 BMW 20 4.67 46 10.75 Buick 9 2.10 55 12.85 Cadillac 8 1.87 63 14.72 Chevrolet 27 6.31 90 21.03 Chrysler 15 3.50 105 24.53 Dodge 13 3.04 118 27.57 Ford 23 5.37 141 32.94 GMC 8 1.87 149 34.81 Honda 17 3.97 166 38.79 Hummer 1 0.23 167 39.02 Hyundai 12 2.80 179 41.82 Infiniti 8 1.87 187 43.69 Isuzu 2 0.47 189 44.16 Jaguar 12 2.80 201 46.96 Jeep 3 0.70 204 47.66 Kia 11 2.57 215 50.23 Land Rover 3 0.70 218 50.93 Lexus 11 2.57 229 53.50 Lincoln 9 2.10 238 55.61 MINI 2 0.47 240 56.07 Mazda 11 2.57 251 58.64 Mercedes-Benz 26 6.07 277 64.72 Mercury 9 2.10 286 66.82 Mitsubishi 13 3.04 299 69.86 Nissan 17 3.97 316 73.83 Oldsmobile 3 0.70 319 74.53 Pontiac 11 2.57 330 77.10 Porsche 7 1.64 337 78.74 Saab 7 1.64 344 80.37 Saturn 8 1.87 352 82.24 Scion 2 0.47 354 82.71 Subaru 11 2.57 365 85.28 Suzuki 8 1.87 373 87.15 Toyota 28 6.54 401 93.69 Volkswagen 15 3.50 416 97.20 Volvo 12 2.80 428 100.00 </PRE> <P>and it looks the same when I paste it into the code as comment.</P> Tue, 26 Nov 2019 14:44:38 GMT Kurt_Bremser 2019-11-26T14:44:38Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Comment-after-PROC-in-a-clean-way/m-p/607351#M176529 <P>I'm wondering if there is a way to comment the results of PROC FREQ (or any other PROCs) in a beautiful way. The comment section in the below code is a simple copy&amp;paste from PROC FREQ. Quite often, I make such a comment, so I can keep track of my data and results. Unfortunately, the comment section is messed mostly because of heterogenous indentations. Does anybody have a good suggestion?&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <PRE><CODE class=" language-sas"> proc freq data= sashelp.cars; table make; run; * Make Frequency Percent Cumulative Frequency Cumulative Percent Acura 7 1.64 7 1.64 Audi 19 4.44 26 6.07 BMW 20 4.67 46 10.75 Buick 9 2.10 55 12.85 Cadillac 8 1.87 63 14.72 Chevrolet 27 6.31 90 21.03 Chrysler 15 3.50 105 24.53 Dodge 13 3.04 118 27.57 Ford 23 5.37 141 32.94 GMC 8 1.87 149 34.81 Honda 17 3.97 166 38.79 Hummer 1 0.23 167 39.02 Hyundai 12 2.80 179 41.82 Infiniti 8 1.87 187 43.69 Isuzu 2 0.47 189 44.16 Jaguar 12 2.80 201 46.96 Jeep 3 0.70 204 47.66 Kia 11 2.57 215 50.23 Land Rover 3 0.70 218 50.93 Lexus 11 2.57 229 53.50 Lincoln 9 2.10 238 55.61 MINI 2 0.47 240 56.07 Mazda 11 2.57 251 58.64 Mercedes-Benz 26 6.07 277 64.72 Mercury 9 2.10 286 66.82 Mitsubishi 13 3.04 299 69.86 Nissan 17 3.97 316 73.83 Oldsmobile 3 0.70 319 74.53 Pontiac 11 2.57 330 77.10 Porsche 7 1.64 337 78.74 Saab 7 1.64 344 80.37 Saturn 8 1.87 352 82.24 Scion 2 0.47 354 82.71 Subaru 11 2.57 365 85.28 Suzuki 8 1.87 373 87.15 Toyota 28 6.54 401 93.69 Volkswagen 15 3.50 416 97.20 Volvo 12 2.80 428 100.00 ;</CODE></PRE> Tue, 26 Nov 2019 14:39:31 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Comment-after-PROC-in-a-clean-way/m-p/607351#M176529 braam 2019-11-26T14:39:31Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Comment-after-PROC-in-a-clean-way/m-p/607354#M176532 <P>When I copy/paste the Listing(!) output from EG, I get this:</P> <PRE> Die Prozedur FREQ Kumuliert Kumuliert Make Häufigkeit Prozent Häufigkeit Prozent ------------------------------------------------------------------ Acura 7 1.64 7 1.64 Audi 19 4.44 26 6.07 BMW 20 4.67 46 10.75 Buick 9 2.10 55 12.85 Cadillac 8 1.87 63 14.72 Chevrolet 27 6.31 90 21.03 Chrysler 15 3.50 105 24.53 Dodge 13 3.04 118 27.57 Ford 23 5.37 141 32.94 GMC 8 1.87 149 34.81 Honda 17 3.97 166 38.79 Hummer 1 0.23 167 39.02 Hyundai 12 2.80 179 41.82 Infiniti 8 1.87 187 43.69 Isuzu 2 0.47 189 44.16 Jaguar 12 2.80 201 46.96 Jeep 3 0.70 204 47.66 Kia 11 2.57 215 50.23 Land Rover 3 0.70 218 50.93 Lexus 11 2.57 229 53.50 Lincoln 9 2.10 238 55.61 MINI 2 0.47 240 56.07 Mazda 11 2.57 251 58.64 Mercedes-Benz 26 6.07 277 64.72 Mercury 9 2.10 286 66.82 Mitsubishi 13 3.04 299 69.86 Nissan 17 3.97 316 73.83 Oldsmobile 3 0.70 319 74.53 Pontiac 11 2.57 330 77.10 Porsche 7 1.64 337 78.74 Saab 7 1.64 344 80.37 Saturn 8 1.87 352 82.24 Scion 2 0.47 354 82.71 Subaru 11 2.57 365 85.28 Suzuki 8 1.87 373 87.15 Toyota 28 6.54 401 93.69 Volkswagen 15 3.50 416 97.20 Volvo 12 2.80 428 100.00 </PRE> <P>and it looks the same when I paste it into the code as comment.</P> Tue, 26 Nov 2019 14:44:38 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Comment-after-PROC-in-a-clean-way/m-p/607354#M176532 Kurt_Bremser 2019-11-26T14:44:38Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Comment-after-PROC-in-a-clean-way/m-p/607358#M176535 Ah, didn't know that. But I use SAS windows for my job. Just wondering if it's possible here.... not in EG... Tue, 26 Nov 2019 14:58:51 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Comment-after-PROC-in-a-clean-way/m-p/607358#M176535 braam 2019-11-26T14:58:51Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Comment-after-PROC-in-a-clean-way/m-p/607364#M176541 <P>Note that the listing output destination has not gone away in SAS, even when you are using Enterprise Guide or SAS/Studio as your programming interface.&nbsp; It just might take more effort to generate and retrieve the results.</P> <PRE><CODE class=" language-sas">filename results temp; ods listing file=results ; options ls=80 ps=200; proc freq data= sashelp.cars; table make ; run; ods listing close; data _null_; infile results; input; put _infile_; run;</CODE></PRE> <PRE>SAS 9.4 on WINDOWS 08:48 Friday, November 22, 2019 75 The FREQ Procedure Cumulative Cumulative Make Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ Acura 7 1.64 7 1.64 Audi 19 4.44 26 6.07 BMW 20 4.67 46 10.75 Buick 9 2.10 55 12.85 Cadillac 8 1.87 63 14.72 Chevrolet 27 6.31 90 21.03 Chrysler 15 3.50 105 24.53 Dodge 13 3.04 118 27.57 Ford 23 5.37 141 32.94 GMC 8 1.87 149 34.81 Honda 17 3.97 166 38.79 Hummer 1 0.23 167 39.02 Hyundai 12 2.80 179 41.82 Infiniti 8 1.87 187 43.69 Isuzu 2 0.47 189 44.16 Jaguar 12 2.80 201 46.96 Jeep 3 0.70 204 47.66 Kia 11 2.57 215 50.23 Land Rover 3 0.70 218 50.93 Lexus 11 2.57 229 53.50 Lincoln 9 2.10 238 55.61 MINI 2 0.47 240 56.07 Mazda 11 2.57 251 58.64 Mercedes-Benz 26 6.07 277 64.72 Mercury 9 2.10 286 66.82 Mitsubishi 13 3.04 299 69.86 Nissan 17 3.97 316 73.83 Oldsmobile 3 0.70 319 74.53 Pontiac 11 2.57 330 77.10 Porsche 7 1.64 337 78.74 Saab 7 1.64 344 80.37 Saturn 8 1.87 352 82.24 Scion 2 0.47 354 82.71 Subaru 11 2.57 365 85.28 Suzuki 8 1.87 373 87.15 Toyota 28 6.54 401 93.69 Volkswagen 15 3.50 416 97.20 Volvo 12 2.80 428 100.00 </PRE> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>But if you just want data then dumping to the log is the easiest way to do go.&nbsp; The display might not look exactly the same but is that really the point?</P> <PRE><CODE class=" language-sas">proc freq data= sashelp.cars; table make /out=counts; run; data _null_; set counts; put @1 make @20 count @30 percent; run;</CODE></PRE> <PRE>Acura 7 1.6355140187 Audi 19 4.4392523364 BMW 20 4.6728971963 Buick 9 2.1028037383 Cadillac 8 1.8691588785 Chevrolet 27 6.308411215 Chrysler 15 3.5046728972 Dodge 13 3.0373831776 Ford 23 5.3738317757 GMC 8 1.8691588785 Honda 17 3.9719626168 Hummer 1 0.2336448598 Hyundai 12 2.8037383178 Infiniti 8 1.8691588785 Isuzu 2 0.4672897196 Jaguar 12 2.8037383178 Jeep 3 0.7009345794 Kia 11 2.5700934579 Land Rover 3 0.7009345794 Lexus 11 2.5700934579 Lincoln 9 2.1028037383 MINI 2 0.4672897196 Mazda 11 2.5700934579 Mercedes-Benz 26 6.0747663551 Mercury 9 2.1028037383 Mitsubishi 13 3.0373831776 Nissan 17 3.9719626168 Oldsmobile 3 0.7009345794 Pontiac 11 2.5700934579 Porsche 7 1.6355140187 Saab 7 1.6355140187 Saturn 8 1.8691588785 Scion 2 0.4672897196 Subaru 11 2.5700934579 Suzuki 8 1.8691588785 Toyota 28 6.5420560748 Volkswagen 15 3.5046728972 Volvo 12 2.8037383178 </PRE> <P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 26 Nov 2019 15:17:30 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Comment-after-PROC-in-a-clean-way/m-p/607364#M176541 Tom 2019-11-26T15:17:30Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Comment-after-PROC-in-a-clean-way/m-p/607381#M176554 <a href="https://communities.sas.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/11562">@Kurt_Bremser</a><BR /><a href="https://communities.sas.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/159">@Tom</a><BR /><BR />Thanks for your help. Both look good for me.<BR />My point was: I run many PROCs (FREQ, MEANS, REPORT....) and I want to keep them in my comment section, as a part of SAS code file.<BR /><BR />This way I can better understand my code and set next time when I open my code without running my code again. This is actually the function I really like from Jupyter Notebook. So I wanted to mimic this in SAS!<BR /><BR /><BR /> Tue, 26 Nov 2019 15:47:21 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Comment-after-PROC-in-a-clean-way/m-p/607381#M176554 braam 2019-11-26T15:47:21Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Comment-after-PROC-in-a-clean-way/m-p/607446#M176605 Use a Jupyter Notebook with SAS then.... Tue, 26 Nov 2019 17:47:45 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Comment-after-PROC-in-a-clean-way/m-p/607446#M176605 Reeza 2019-11-26T17:47:45Z