Basic Question: Put statement not writing to log.

[Rafi]

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.

[user24feb · Accepted solution]

Try:

Data _NULL_;

put "'I am here'";

Run;

%Put 'I am here';

[Reeza]

PUT needs to be used in a data step. 

%PUT can be used anywhere. 

[Kurt_Bremser]

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.

[RW9]

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.