Chapter 1

Introduction to the Macro Facility

Getting Started with the Macro Facility

Replacing Text Strings Using Macro Variables

Generating SAS Code Using Macros

Defining Macros

Inserting Comments in Macros

Macro Definition Containing Several SAS Statements

Passing Information into a Macro Using Parameters

Conditionally Generating SAS Code

More Advanced Macro Techniques

Generating Repetitive Pieces of Text Using %DO Loops

Generating a Suffix for a Macro Variable Reference

Other Features of the Macro Language

Getting Started with the Macro Facility

This document is the macro facility language reference for SAS. It is a reference for the SAS macro language processor and defines the SAS macro language elements. This section introduces the SAS ...

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