topic Re: Carraige return issues with .txt output in SAS Procedures

Carraige return issues with .txt output

Q1983 — Thu, 15 May 2014 17:56:55 GMT

Data test(keep=dept hire_dt company department);

Set test2;

Run;

Data _Null_;

Set test2;

File "/xxs11/xx/sascode/xx/out/xx_&pbus_1._&Out_NAME..txt"

LINESIZE=8000 dsd dlm='|';

PUT &Final_VARS ;

run;

produces a txt file like this

11111|05/15/14|xyz|enginerring

problem is I am getting carraige return issues

11111|05/15/14|xyz|enginerring|22222|12/11/2014|xyz|accounting

The output is supposed to stop and jump to the next line adter department

How can I adjust the code in data_null to address this. I have heard of @@ and missover

Re: Carraige return issues with .txt output

jakarman — Thu, 15 May 2014 18:23:03 GMT

Program looks fine. As it did run on Unix you have probably downloaded it. Download is ascii not binary (there should be an option for that).
In binary mode it will define records as "lf" in ascii mode as "cr lf". Notepad wordpad do not recognize the "lf"convention. notepad++ ia able to help you and inform about used conventions.

Re: Carraige return issues with .txt output

data_null__ — Thu, 15 May 2014 18:39:47 GMT

what is the value of macro variable &Final_VARS?