Some pretty ways to PUT

In the DATA Step there are several handy ways to print all variables in a generic way to SAS Log. Generic way means that you don't need explicitly list variables.

1

data class1;
  set sashelp.class(obs=3);
  put _all_;
run;

Outputs to SAS Log:

73         data class1;
74           set sashelp.class(obs=3);
75           put _all_;
76         run;

Name=Alfred Sex=M Age=14 Height=69 Weight=112.5 _ERROR_=0 _N_=1
Name=Alice Sex=F Age=13 Height=56.5 Weight=84 _ERROR_=0 _N_=2
Name=Barbara Sex=F Age=13 Height=65.3 Weight=98 _ERROR_=0 _N_=3
NOTE: There were 3 observations read from the data set SASHELP.CLASS.
NOTE: The data set WORK.CLASS1 has 3 observations and 5 variables.
NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):
      real time           0.00 seconds
      cpu time            0.00 seconds

2

Pretty put -- each variable per line, also a blank line between observations:

data class2;
  set sashelp.class(obs=3);
  put (_all_) (=/) //;
run;

Outputs:

73         data class2;
74           set sashelp.class(obs=3);
75           put (_all_) (=/) //;
76         run;

Name=Alfred
Sex=M
Age=14
Height=69
Weight=112.5

Name=Alice
Sex=F
Age=13
Height=56.5
Weight=84

Name=Barbara
Sex=F
Age=13
Height=65.3
Weight=98
NOTE: There were 3 observations read from the data set SASHELP.CLASS.
NOTE: The data set WORK.CLASS2 has 3 observations and 5 variables.
NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):
      real time           0.00 seconds
      cpu time            0.00 seconds

3

Or subset using arrays:

data class3;
  set sashelp.class(obs=3);
  array x[*] _char_;
  put (x[*]) (=/) //;
run;

73         data class3;
74           set sashelp.class(obs=3);
75           array x[*] _char_;
76           put (x[*]) (=/) //;
77         run;

Name=Alfred
Sex=M

Name=Alice
Sex=F

Name=Barbara
Sex=F
NOTE: There were 3 observations read from the data set SASHELP.CLASS.
NOTE: The data set WORK.CLASS3 has 3 observations and 5 variables.
NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):
      real time           0.00 seconds
      cpu time            0.01 seconds

4

Or subset directly using SAS Variable Lists in the PUT statement:

data class4;
  set sashelp.baseball(obs=3);
  put (n:) (=/) //;
run;

Outputs:

72         
73         data class4;
74           set sashelp.baseball(obs=3);
75           put (n:) (=/) //;
76         run;

Name=Allanson, Andy
nAtBat=293
nHits=66
nHome=1
nRuns=30
nRBI=29
nBB=14
nOuts=446
nAssts=33
nError=20

Name=Ashby, Alan
nAtBat=315
nHits=81
nHome=7
nRuns=24
nRBI=38
nBB=39
nOuts=632
nAssts=43
nError=10

Name=Davis, Alan
nAtBat=479
nHits=130
nHome=18
nRuns=66
nRBI=72
nBB=76
nOuts=880
nAssts=82
nError=14
NOTE: There were 3 observations read from the data set SASHELP.BASEBALL.
NOTE: The data set WORK.CLASS4 has 3 observations and 24 variables.
NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):
      real time           0.00 seconds
      cpu time            0.01 seconds