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

Contents

Acknowledgments

About This Book

About The Author

Part 1: Macro Basics

Chapter 1: What the Language Is, What It Does, and What It Can Do

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Stages of Macro Language Learning

1.2.1 Code Substitution

1.2.2 Macro Language Elements

1.2.3 Dynamic Programming

1.3 Terminology

1.4 Sequencing Events—It’s All about the Timing

1.5 Scopes or Referencing Environments

1.5.1 Use of Symbol Tables

1.5.2 Nested Symbol Tables

Chapter 2: Defining and Using Macro Variables

2.1 Naming Macro Variables

2.2 Defining Macro Variables

2.3 Using Macro Variables

2.4 Displaying Macro Variables by Using the %PUT Statement

2.5 Resolving Macro Variables

2.5.1 Using the Macro Variable as a Suffix

2.5.2 Using the Macro Variable as a Prefix

2.5.3 Using ...