In reply to Stanley Fogleman.

Rick Replies: Yes, someone on SAS-L also mentioned the PERSIST= option. For people who are unfamiliar with this option, see p. 7 of the SAS Global Forum paper on ODS by Oltsik (2008), which has an example similar to Ingrid's.

Ingrid replies: Hi Stanley! Regarding sandwiches, I am a big fan of "inside-out" sushi, where the rice is wrapped in the fish. And I think the fine folks at Sara Lee (a bread company) would argue that an inside-out sandwich can be delicious and nutritious! With respect to code maintenance, I've never had any trouble. When I cut and paste from one program file to another, the output in the new program is always correct because the output is controlled inside of the procedure block.