topic Re: How to copy paste code with colors and format Cntrl+I in university edition? in SAS Programming

How to copy paste code with colors and format Cntrl+I in university edition?

novinosrin — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 16:23:15 GMT

Hello Folks,

How to copy paste code with colors and format Cntrl+I in university edition?Everytime I pasted the code, I seem to lose the color. Also what's the short cut to format the code like an equivalent to Cntrl+I in Enterprise guide. Any ideas please?

Re: How to copy paste code with colors and format Cntrl+I in university edition?

Tom — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 17:30:58 GMT

I don't think there is any way. One of the prices of building an application to run inside a browser.

Re: How to copy paste code with colors and format Cntrl+I in university edition?

SuzanneDorinski — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 17:56:59 GMT

SAS University Edition does have a button to format code. It's to the left of the button to maximize view. The screen shot below shows the location.

Format code button is at the top of the program window in SAS University Edition

Re: How to copy paste code with colors and format Cntrl+I in university edition?

Teema — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 19:45:08 GMT

but what does it do?

I'm facing the same problem

Re: How to copy paste code with colors and format Cntrl+I in university edition?

SuzanneDorinski — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 04:44:29 GMT

The "format code" button can make a program easier to read.

@ChrisHemedinger wrote a blog post about how you can do this in Enterprise Guide.

In the screen shot below, I typed a bunch of SAS statements. While you can write programs this way, it can be difficult for others to read them and understand them quickly.

Example of messy SAS codeAfter I press that "format code" button, the program looks like the screen shot below. Statements are placed on separate lines, some statements are automatically indented, and blank lines are inserted between PROCs, data steps, and comments.

Nicely formatted SAS code

Re: How to copy paste code with colors and format Cntrl+I in university edition?

FNY — Tue, 04 Feb 2020 19:33:44 GMT

Hi I'm not sure how useful this will be to you since this post like a few years old but hopefully it helps someone else.

There's a button to copy the SAS Studio code shown in screenshot (where cursor is) and when copied and pasted that way, the color remains.

Re: How to copy paste code with colors and format Cntrl+I in university edition?

Siarhei_B — Sun, 08 Nov 2020 22:22:51 GMT

Wow, it works! Thank you very much, kind sir. Somehow Copy + Paste doesn't work, but pressing the button "copy code" keeps the format and colors!

Re: How to copy paste code with colors and format Cntrl+I in university edition?

Emma_at_SAS — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 04:58:32 GMT

Thank you, FNY! It took me some time to find the cursor, but I found it! After selecting a section of code the "cut code" and "copy code" options become active!

Re: How to copy paste code with colors and format Cntrl+I in university edition?

RichaTemple — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 22:15:27 GMT

Thank you so much! I was copying code into Google Docs and worrying how much time it would take to format the colors. All I had to do was highlight my code, click the Copy Code button in SAS Studio and paste regularly (Ctrl+V or Cmd+V). Hope this helps others with lots to format!