Carpenter's Complete Guide to the SAS Macro Language, Third Edition, 3rd Edition

Chapter 6: Interfacing with Data Set Values

6.1 Using the SYMPUTX Routine to Create Macro Variables

6.1.1 Introducing SYMPUTX Syntax

6.1.2 Comparing SYMPUTX with SYMPUT

6.1.3 Using a Macro Variable in the Same Step That Created It

6.1.4 Building a List of Macro Variables

6.2 Defining Macro Variables in a PROC SQL Step

6.2.1 Placing a Single Value into a Single Macro Variable

6.2.2 Building a List of Values

6.2.3 Placing a List of Values into a Series of Macro Variables

6.2.4 Understanding Automatic SQL-Generated Macro Variables

6.3 Moving Text from Macro Variables into Code

6.3.1 Assignment and RETAIN Statements

6.3.2 SYMGET and SYMGETN Functions

6.3.3 The RESOLVE Function

6.3.4 Comparison of the SYMGET and RESOLVE Functions

6.3.5 Less-Than-Optimal ...