Is there a way to have "blank" columns using PROC PRINT

[frisco]

Hi, we have a request to modify a report (currently written using PROC PRINT) to have columns printed on the far left and far right of the page with blank spaces in between. Is there a way to accomplish this using templates? Currently using 9.1.3.

[Robert_Bardos]

Crude workaround:

Referring to the subject of your post (which doesn't mention templates): use whatever variable you want and set the column's foreground and background to the same color.
Since you put the word blank in quotes this perfectly matches your definition 😉

[ChrisNZ]

Agree with Rob, something like
[pre]
data _V/view=_V;
retain DUMMY ' ';
set SASHELP.CLASS;
run;
ods html style=seaside;
proc print data=_V noobs;
var NAME ;
var DUMMY /style=[background=white foreground=white bordercolor=white cellwidth=900px];
var SEX /style=[just=center bordercolor=#3872AC];
run;
ods html close;