Date:         Fri, 31 Mar 2000 22:56:55 GMT
Reply-To:     Larry Parker <lparker@WORLD.STD.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Larry Parker <lparker@WORLD.STD.COM>
Organization: The World @ Software Tool & Die
Subject:      Re: PROC REPORT

One cause of this could be the 'split-char' defaulting to /.
Try specifying another split-char:

eg:

proc report  data=all2     split='@'  headskip  center
       missing  spacing=3  nowd;

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Gerald Leahy <leahyg@pprd.abbott.com> wrote in message
news:8c354n$8p05@news.abbott.com...
> Howdy all!
>
> Does anyone know how to display the contents of a variable using proc
report
> without having the contents interpreted.  I have a comment variable that
> contains the text '01/01/1901' and proc report appears to be interpreting
> the '/' as a call for a new line.  I can't find the answer in the manual.
>
> Thank you in advance!
>
> Gerald Leahy
> Abbott Laboratories
>
>