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In addition to the export file wizard and proc export (section 1.2.3 of SAS and R), SAS provides a the nifty little %ds2csv macro that can do this quickly and easily.
The advantages to this approach are that there are a few extra options and that the documentation is actually more explicit than that provided for proc export.
Example:
data test;
do i = 1 to 20;
x = normal(0);
y = ranpoi(0,10);
z = floor(1000 * uniform(0));
output;
end;
run;
%ds2csv(data=test, runmode = b, csvfile=c:\temp\test.csv);
The runmode option is b if you’re in the program editor. Other options let you customize what vars to include, restrict observations, whether column headers are included, and MIME/HTTP headers.
Documentations for this little gem is tucked away under: Contents; SAS Products; Base SAS; SAS 9.2 Language Reference: Dictionary; Appendices; SAS Utility Macro. (Of course! Where else?)
The documentation claims this only runs within a data step, but the code above shows otherwise.
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