SAS 9.4 Macro Language, 5th Edition

troubleshooting macros 123

unresolved macros 128

warning messages and 122

defining macros 9, 39

delete macro variable

warning message 432

delimiters 4

delimiting macro variable names within

text 34

for IN operator 368

period as 13

delta character 99

DES= option

error message 412

device type

%INCLUDE file 211

directories

as autocall libraries 117

directory

%INCLUDE file 212

double quotation marks 8

dummy macro

error message 408

dummy macros 41, 128

E

eaual sign

error message 400

efficient macros

See macros, efficient

encoding

for SAS sessions 206

ENCODING= system option

warning message 434

error conditions

%SYSRC mnemonics for 187

error messages 124, 391

text of last message generated in log

210

error return codes 208

error types 122

errors

debugging and 122

evaluation functions 162

executing compiled macros 42

execution errors 122

execution functions 84

execution, tracing flow of 136

existence of data sets 286

existence of macro variables 251, 278

exits

providing in a large macro 316

expression

error message 401

expressions

See also macro expressions

generating indirect macro variable

references with 36

troubleshooting evaluation problems

135

external files

naming for autocall facility 156

routing MPRINT output to 368, 376

storing MPRINT output in 138

F

fields overlapped

warning message 429

filename

%INCLUDE file 212

FILENAME statement

return code from 211

fileref

%INCLUDE file 212

filerefs

limiting to eight characters 276

verifying 194

floating-point evaluation 281

floating-point operands

evaluating 77

floating-point values

comparing in logical expressions 78

flow of execution, tracing 136

forcing local macro variables 61

functions

See also macro functions

See also macro quoting functions

assigning results to macro variables 146

executing 283

for use with %SYSFUNC function 437

in DATA step and macro facility 108

portable 150

user-written 283

G

global macro variables 8, 24, 49, 50

creating 63, 314

creating in macro definitions 315

creating, based on value of local

variables 65

indicating whether macro variables are

global 256

returning values as numeric 255

with same name as a local variable 324

global symbol table 50

deleting variables from 239, 336

graphics device 204

group name

error message 409

Index 489