SAS(R) 9.1.3 Companion for z/OS

344 SOURCE Procedure Chapter 16
column number
tells SAS to substitute the member name in records that are generated by
BEFORE and AFTER statements in an 8-byte field beginning in this column. The
beginning column can be any column from 1 to 73. Aliases, as well as main
member names, are substituted. The name is left-aligned in the field unless the
RIGHT option is specified, and it is padded on the right with blanks unless the
NOBLANK option is specified.
NOBLANK
is meaningful only if column number is specified. When the member name is
substituted in records that are generated by the BEFORE and AFTER statements,
NOBLANK eliminates blanks between the end of the member and any text that
follows. In the following record, a member name precedes the text; NOBLANK has
not been specified:
name ,text text text
When NOBLANK is specified, the same record looks like this:
name,text text text
RIGHT
is meaningful only if column number is specified. When the member name is
substituted in records that are generated by the BEFORE and AFTER statements,
RIGHT causes the member name to be right-aligned in the specified field. By
default, the name is left-aligned in an 8-byte field.
Output
PROC SOURCE writes the following information to the SAS log:
3 the contents of the entire PDS, if the PRINT option is specified
3 a listing of the member names in the PDS (unless you specify NOPRINT)
3 the number of records for each member (unless you specify NOPRINT or NODATA)
3 a summary of the attributes and contents of the PDS.
Even when PRINT is not specified, some records may still be written to the log. The
signal NAME: or ENTRY: or AUTHOR: beginning in column 5 of a record in the library
starts the listing; the signal END beginning in column 5 stops it. If you do not want
SAS to list this subset of records, specify the NOSUMMARY option.
Example of Printing Selected Members from a PDS
The following example writes to the SAS log the contents of the member ORANGES4
from the PDS USERID.TASTE.TEST:
proc source indd=’userid.taste.test’ print;
select oranges4;
run;
The log is shown here: