Text Editor

[Mallonjf0]

Wondering if SAS Studio has an option in its text editor to display line and column numbers? Handy for me when inputting by column position.

Thanks John

[34reqrwe]

In version 4.3 You can display line numbers in the code editor by choosing "More application Options" near the top right of the screen, then choose preferences-> editor -> Show line numbers

[Mallonjf0]

Thank you, John

[Reeza]

SAS Studio documentation is pretty decent. 

It shows that you can set the line numbers, but I don't see anything about column numbers. The columns do show on the bottom left corner when typing though. 

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@Mallonjf0 wrote:

Wondering if SAS Studio has an option in its text editor to display line and column numbers? Handy for me when inputting by column position.

Thanks John

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[Mallonjf0]

Thank you,

My input files often have odd formats with variables having spaces anywhere in them. I have been using the SAS log file that provides a ruler and line numbers. This is shown when you have invalid data for a variable. Works, but I was wondering if SAS provided the ruler option.

Seems not.

But thanks for you time.

John

[ChrisBrooks]

It doesn't as far as I know but of course SAS programs are simply text files so you could write them in any text editor (I know many people use Notepad++ and I've used UltraEdit) and then open them in SAS Studio and run them there.

[Mallonjf0]

Thanks, are notepad++ and ultra available. How much $$ if you know. 
John

[ChrisBrooks]

Notepad++ is free -> https://notepad-plus-plus.org UltraEdit is $99.95 for a personal licence with discounts for teachers and students -> https://www.ultraedit.com

[Mallonjf0 · Accepted solution]

Thanks Chris, downloaded Notepad++ successfully but still can' get a ruler to show.

John

[ballardw]

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@Mallonjf0 wrote:

Thank you,

My input files often have odd formats with variables having spaces anywhere in them. I have been using the SAS log file that provides a ruler and line numbers. This is shown when you have invalid data for a variable. Works, but I was wondering if SAS provided the ruler option.

Seems not.

But thanks for you time.

John

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There is another option that may be available to examine line and column positions in SAS: FSLIST. I don't know if this works in SAS studio but in SAS command bare entering FSLIST "path\and\filename", or if you assign a FILENAME to the file, FSLIST Fileref will open the file in a Viewer (no editing). You can add a column ruler similar to the Log using the COL command once the viewer is open and the NUM command shows row numbers. And this will have the text on a single row.

[Mallonjf0]

Thanks, don't see a SAS Command bar in Studio. Will look around some more.

Thanks for your time and suggestion, John