In SAS, what is the difference between Proc Means And Proc Summary?

Question

What exactly is the difference between Proc Means and Proc Summary? Many sites state that both these are same, but unless each has something unique will SAS create it?

Answer 1

PROC SUMMARY creates a SAS dataset of summary statistics by various levels of subgroups (see OUTPUT OUT= statement). It does not produce any printed output unless you specify the PRINT option (rarely used).

PROC MEANS defaults to printing the computed statistics unless you specify the NOPRINT option.

In the financial industry I used PROC SUMMARY probably 98% of the time.