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Basic Question: Put statement not writing to log.

Rafi — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 12:03:51 GMT

Hi, I have started learning SAS. When i type the below

put 'I am here';

I am expecting "I am here" to be written to log.

But Put statement is not incorporating blue color and after running it gives error: Statement is not valid or used out of proper order. But %put is working (macro). Any suggestions pls.

Re: Basic Question: Put statement not writing to log.

user24feb — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 12:06:53 GMT

Try:

Data _NULL_;

put "'I am here'";

Run;

%Put 'I am here';

Re: Basic Question: Put statement not writing to log.

Reeza — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 12:24:55 GMT

PUT needs to be used in a data step.

%PUT can be used anywhere.

Re: Basic Question: Put statement not writing to log.

Kurt_Bremser — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 12:32:42 GMT

The PUT Statement is valid only in a DATA step and can not be used in "open code" or in procedure steps.

That's why you need the DATA and RUN statements around it.

Re: Basic Question: Put statement not writing to log.

RW9 — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 13:03:20 GMT

To add, you talk about the coloring of items in the log. This is defined based on a set of rules, for instance ERROR: text will come out red, WARNING: will come out green. Your code will appear (if default install) as black font in the log, NOTEs will appear in blue and error/warning as above. This is just for highlighting information points and doesn't affect anything.