Express “PUT all variables” in a data step to export SAS data

Question

Goal: export an entire SAS dataset to a tab-delimited text file using a data step.

Problem: In every example that I can find, such as this one, one must specify ev

Answer 1

In a datastep I find when I just want to get a list of the values using

put (_all_)(=/); 

For example:

data a; 
  ref=today();
  monday = intnx('week1.2',ref,-1,'Begin');
  sunday = intnx('week1.2',ref,-1,'End');
  week_end_Friday=intnx('day',(intnx('weeks',ref,0,'end')),-1);
  week_end_cur=intnx('weeks',ref,0,'end');
  format _all_ weekdate.; 
  put (_all_)(=/);
run; 

/* or to look at a few records or modify for specific conditions */

data test;
  set test;
  if _n_ < 5 then do;
    PUT (_ALL_)(=/);  
  end;
run;