Two Methods to Create a CSV: Proc Export and the Data Step

Sample PROC Export procedure to export a SAS dataset to CSV:

proc export data=work.DATASET_NAME;
     outfile='c:\users\public\EXPORTED_FILE_NAME.csv'
     replace
     dbms=dlm;
     delimiter=',';
run;

Sample DATA Step to export a SAS dataset to CSV:

data _null_;
     set work.DATASET_NAME;
     file 'c:\users\public\EXPORTED_FILE_NAME.csv' dlm=',';
     put var1 var2 var3;
run;

The above two statements are essentially equivalent, with two exceptions: the data step does not output field names to the CSV file, and the data step requires that desired variables be explicitly included in the PUT statement.