https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/1/m-p/916905#M361166 <P>The program author decided to write a digit "1" in the first column of the text file fruit for each data line being written. You would need to ask them why they did that. AFAIK, it doesn't mean anything.</P> Tue, 20 Feb 2024 03:11:58 GMT SASKiwi 2024-02-20T03:11:58Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/1/m-p/916904#M361165 <PRE>data test; set apple; file "temp/fruit" put @001 "1" @002 final @003 bank ; run;</PRE> <P>does "1" in&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://communities.sas.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/159673">@001</a> "1" means a special header? why put "1"?</P> Tue, 20 Feb 2024 02:47:18 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/1/m-p/916904#M361165 HeatherNewton 2024-02-20T02:47:18Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/1/m-p/916905#M361166 <P>The program author decided to write a digit "1" in the first column of the text file fruit for each data line being written. You would need to ask them why they did that. AFAIK, it doesn't mean anything.</P> Tue, 20 Feb 2024 03:11:58 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/1/m-p/916905#M361166 SASKiwi 2024-02-20T03:11:58Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/1/m-p/916929#M361177 <P>I found out it really does mean '1' and nothing else</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 20 Feb 2024 09:28:12 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/1/m-p/916929#M361177 HeatherNewton 2024-02-20T09:28:12Z