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Richard

I realize that it's a kludgy (sp?) fix but you can always use proc printto
to send the output to a file which you can parse. ODS might work, also. As
I recall, Barbara Okerson does this in her paper at


http://analytics.ncsu.edu/sesug/2007/SD06.pdf


Nat Wooding
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On Aug 27, 7:35 am, r...@CDC.GOV ("Fehd, Ronald J. (CDC/CCHIS/NCPHI)")
wrote:
> > From: Arthur Tabachneck
>
> > Ron,
>
> > I happen to like proc spell's price (no extra charge) a bit
> > better than
> > what SAS charges for DataFlux (i.e., way out of most of our budgets).
>
> > And for most applications where I might need such functionality, proc
> > spell is sufficient.
>
> > However, I agree that its upkeep (or lack of) should really
> > be addressed.
>
> http://www.sas.com/offices/NA/canada/downloads/presentations/Calgary/Tip
> s_and_Tricks.pdf
>
> Tip 3 -Old Procs Don't Die,
>
> They Just Get Undocumented
>
> Don't use these in production systems.
>
> PROC CONVERT;v5
>
> PROC DELETE; 1979 Edition
>
> PROC EDITOR; v5
>
> PROC SPELL; v6
>
> PROC NICKNAME; ??
>
> PROC V5TOV6;v6
>
> with a little help from google
> I have assembled the basic syntax
>
> http://www.sascommunity.org/wiki/Proc_spell
>
> Ron Fehd  the macro maven  CDC Atlanta GA USA RJF2 at cdc dot gov

One suggestion for the wiki  is that the word list to create a new
dictionary must be in lower case. I find it great for checking
spelling of drug names in self report data. Pity it only creates
printed output though.
R


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