Robert Walls wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a slight problem. I am trying to create a proc template which > will create output with the first column coming out as Bold, but no > others. The only problem is that the naming of the first column is > rarely going to be standard, so I would like the template to work, > regardless of the name of the first column. I know that this can all > be > done using style statements in Proc Report etc, but would ideally > prefer > it to be done automatically in the template! > > Thanks all, > > Rob. >

Proc TEMPLATE docs are dubiously helpful in many situations.

In version 9.1, there is a documented automatic variable _VAL_ found on the Online Help page. " Use _VAL_ to represent the value of the current column. You may also reference symbols that you declared in a DYNAMIC, MVAR, or NMVAR statement in the definition. "

More interestingly and applicable to you, there is an online help page "TEMPLATE Procedure: Creating Tabular Output Example 6: Setting the Style Element for a Specific Column, Row, and Cell "

The example this use of undocumented _row_ and _col_ symbols: " proc template; define table Checkerboard; cellstyle mod(_row_,2) && mod(_col_,2) as data{background=magenta}, not(mod(_row_,2)) && not(mod(_col_,2)) as data{background=magenta}, 1 as data;

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I found no other template related help that mentions _row_ or _col_. I am presuming v8 template understands _val_, _row_ and _col_.

-- Richard A. DeVenezia http://www.devenezia.com/downloads/sas/samples