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Base SAS 9.4 Procedures Guide, Third Edition
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Base SAS 9.4 Procedures Guide, Third Edition

by SAS Institute
August 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
2218 pages
209h 16m
English
SAS Institute
Content preview from Base SAS 9.4 Procedures Guide, Third Edition
Concepts: PROTO Procedure
Registering Function Prototypes
Function prototypes are registered (declared) in the PROTO procedure. Use the
following form:
return-type function-name (argument-type <argument-name> / <iotype>
<argument-label>, ...) <option(s)>;
return-type
specifies a C language type for the returned value.
Tip
Return-type can be preceded by either the UNSIGNED or EXCELDATE
modifiers. You need to use EXCELDATE if the return type is a Microsoft
Excel date.
See
“Supported C Return Types” on page 1367
function-name
specifies the name of the function to be registered.
Tip
Function names within a given package must be unique in the first 32
characters. ...
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