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

Chapter 7: Using Macro Functions

7.1 Quoting Functions

7.1.1 Using the %BQUOTE Function

7.1.2 %STR

7.1.3 Considerations When Quoting

7.1.4 Basic Types of Quoting Functions and Why We Care

7.1.5 A Bit about the %QUOTE and %NRQUOTE Functions

7.1.6 Removing Masking Characters

7.1.7 The %SUPERQ Quoting Function

7.1.8 Quoting Function Summary

7.1.9 Quoting Mismatched Symbols with the %STR and %QUOTE Functions

7.2 Text Functions

7.2.1 %INDEX

7.2.2 %LENGTH

7.2.3 %SCAN and %QSCAN

7.2.4 %SUBSTR and %QSUBSTR

7.2.5 %UPCASE and %QUPCASE

7.2.6 %LEFT and %QLEFT

7.2.7 %LOWCASE and %QLOWCASE

7.2.8 %TRIM and %QTRIM

7.3 Evaluation Functions

7.3.1 Explicit Use of %EVAL

7.3.2 Implicit Use of %EVAL

7.3.3 Using %SYSEVALF

7.4 Using DATA Step Functions and Routines ...