topic Re: why the text 'This will go to the default output destination' can't be appear in log in SAS Programming

why the text 'This will go to the default output destination' can't be appear in log

tianerhu — Mon, 24 May 2021 16:45:48 GMT

data _null_;
   file print;
   put 'This will go to the default output destination';
   
run;

Re: why the text 'This will go to the default output destination' can't be appear in log

ballardw — Mon, 24 May 2021 16:52:05 GMT

When you provide a file then then the PUT output is directed to the file, i.e. File Print.

To "force" text to the log only use Putlog instead of Put.

Re: why the text 'This will go to the default output destination' can't be appear in log

Tom — Mon, 24 May 2021 18:11:22 GMT

Because you told it not to.

If you want some messages written to the log while also writing some information to a file use the PUTLOG statement instead.

data _null_;
   put 'PUT before FILE statement will go to the SAS log.';
   file print;
   put 'This will go to the open output destination(s).';
   putlog 'This will go to the SAS log.';
run;

Re: why the text 'This will go to the default output destination' can't be appear in log

tianerhu — Mon, 24 May 2021 17:11:49 GMT

data Females;
   input @14 Gender $1.;
   put 'After first input ' _all_;
   
   if Gender ne 'F' then delete;
   put 'After delete ' _all_;
   input @1 Subj $3.
         @4 DOB mmddyy10.
         @15 Balance 7.;
   put 'After second Input ' _all_;
datalines;
00110/21/1955M   1145
00211/18/2001F  18722
00305/07/1944M 123.45
00407/25/1945F -12345
;

but the text of the 'put statement' in this program can appear in log

Re: why the text 'This will go to the default output destination' can't be appear in log

Tom — Mon, 24 May 2021 17:32:13 GMT

Because in this data step you did NOT tell it to route the output to the PRINT file instead of the LOG file.

Re: why the text 'This will go to the default output destination' can't be appear in log

tianerhu — Mon, 24 May 2021 17:49:11 GMT

Thank you for your help.

Re: why the text 'This will go to the default output destination' can't be appear in log

tianerhu — Mon, 24 May 2021 17:49:49 GMT

Thank you very much.