Date:         Tue, 30 Nov 1999 12:40:51 +0000
Reply-To:     Bruce Rogers <b.rogers@VIRGIN.NET>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Bruce Rogers <b.rogers@VIRGIN.NET>
Subject:      Re: JUSTIFY / LABEL
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Gerhard,

I think you'll find you are mistaken. If you use options nocenter then all titles
will be left-justified. Try using j=right and you'll see no difference.

Bruce

Gehard Hellriegel wrote:

> Hi Bruce,
> just for your info:
>
>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Stephen Arthur wrote:
>
> > 1)  If this is the correct syntax for TITLE/JUSTIFY,
> > why is it printing the title centered and not left
> > justified as I have commanded?  The macro variables I
> > am using resolve correctly and the format works
> > properly too!
> >
> > ************************************************;
> > proc print data = ratio;
> >
> >         title1 j=left "&cell1";
> >         title2 j=left "&file1";
> >         title3 j=left "&cell2";
> >         title4 j=left "&file2";
> >
> >         format gene $gene.;
> >         id gene;
> > run;
>
> Well, this is a new one on me. I've never seen this j= option of the
> title statement so my immediate thought is that it simply doesn't exist.
> It looks like you're "borrowing" some syntax from SAS/Graph statements
> and expecting them to work in normal output. They won't.
>
> >>> They work! Try it under 6.12, but add the
> OPTION NOCENTER;
> before the PROC PRINT...
>
> > 2)  What's the deal with my LABEL statements?  I can't
> > get this ATTRIB statement to work before or after the
> > SET statement.  I tried the 'normal' way of listing
> > LABEL w/o the ATTRIB statement and still no luck.
> >
> > *************************************************;
> > data ratio;
> > attrib
> >                 avebc label = "&cell1 fwb"
> >                 avebb label = "&cell2 fwb"
> >                 avefc label = "&cell1 fmb"
> >                 avefb label = "&cell2 fmb";
> >         set ratio;
> >         ratiof   = avebc/avebb;
> >         ratiofmb = avefc/avefb;
> > run;
>
> So what does it produce ? It looks OK to me. More details required.
>
> >>>> the problem is not there, but in the PROC PRINT! Without the LABEL or the
> SPLIT= option you will see the variable names instead of the labels.....
>
> Mit freundlichen Grüßen
>
>  Gerhard Hellriegel
> DeTeCSM