Date:         Fri, 6 Aug 1999 10:56:56 -0600
Reply-To:     Mark S Dehaan <MSD@INEL.GOV>
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From:         Mark S Dehaan <MSD@INEL.GOV>
Subject:      title oddities in V7
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I  just I ran across an oddity in a title stmt on SAS V7 (on NT box).
I don't know how any of this can help you, but it is interesting.
Trying,

title '';   <--no space between single quotes
  or
title "";  <--no space between double quotes

yields a single ' (quote mark) as the title. I understand this SOMEWHAT
because two simultaneous single qoutes INSIDE a title resolve to a printed
single quote,
but where then is the starting and ending quote marks for the title string? I
would expect
the title to "run over" the next lines, as if I forgot a closing quote. (For
example try 3 quotes).
The two double quotes resolving to a single quote also surprises me.


Put a space between the quotes and you get a space for a title (w/ no quote
mark) as expected,
or put 4 simultaneous single quotes and you get a single quote mark title (which
is the only way
I would expect to get a single quote title.)

You can play with the following code if you would like.  And I can guess -- this
is fixed in V8.
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data a; do x=1 to 10; output; end; run;

title '';
proc print; run;


title ' ';
proc print; run;
data a; do x=1 to 10; output; end; run;

title "";
proc print; run;
data a; do x=1 to 10; output; end; run;

title '''';
proc print; run;

title '''; this title runs on';
proc print; run;

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Mark DeHaan                  Statistics Dept. at Idaho National Engineering and
Environmental Laboratory
email: msd@inel.gov    phone: 208-526-2983      fax: 208-526-5647