Date:         Fri, 22 May 2009 05:25:09 -0400
Reply-To:     Gerhard Hellriegel <gerhard.hellriegel@T-ONLINE.DE>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Gerhard Hellriegel <gerhard.hellriegel@T-ONLINE.DE>
Subject:      Re: how to remove '1' on the first column of the output

if it is really the very first 1 and you are on zOS, you should not remove
it. It is a ASA control char for printers and means "new page". That is
important for the printers to know what you want to be at the beginning of
the page. So you can be sure, that the printout looks properly.
Also several tools which are used to view outputs that are designed for
printers interpret that chars (1, 0, -, +, blank) properly and format
output with them. A example is VPW (Virtual Paper Writer), not sure if
that is still in use in that form.
You can also try to use the record formats like RECFM=FBA or VBA if you
define output files.

Gerhard




looking at the list, that seems to be not the problem. That list looks
like a PROC PRINT output (?). If it is one, you could use the option NOOBS
or SPLIT="*".

proc print data=sashelp.class NOOBS;
run;

with SPLIT= you can give a split character which is used to split long
labels as column header.

Gerhard





On Wed, 20 May 2009 11:02:49 -0700, Terjeson, Mark <Mterjeson@RUSSELL.COM>
wrote:

>Hi Yi,
>
>Looks familiar.
>
>Are you on MVS or Z/OS, etc.?
>(i.e. which operating system?)
>
>e.g.
>On the mainframe there is a single character
>first column for paging that you cannot edit.
>It has been a while since I was on MVS and our
>group was pretty fluent with MVS and I don't
>recall that we found a way to get rid of it.
>
>
>Mark
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Yi
>Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 10:44 AM
>To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>Subject: how to remove '1' on the first column of the output
>
>There is always a '1' on the first column of the saslist first row.
>Is there any option to remove it??  Thanks.
>
>1   Obs    Name       Sex    Age    Height    Weight
>--
>(this is it)
>
>     1    Alfred      M      14     69.0      112.5
>     2    Alice       F      13     56.5       84.0