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SAS Certification Prep Guide, 4th Edition
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SAS Certification Prep Guide, 4th Edition

by SAS Institute
December 2014
Intermediate to advanced
858 pages
40h 10m
English
SAS Institute
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Creating Macro Variables during PROC SQL Step Execution

The INTO Clause and the NOPRINT Option

You have seen how to create macro variables during DATA step execution. You can also create or update macro variables during the execution of a PROC SQL step. Remember that the SELECT statement in a PROC SQL step retrieves and displays data. The INTO clause in a SELECT statement enables you to create or update macro variables.
When you create or update macro variables during execution of a PROC SQL step, you might not want any output to be displayed. The PRINT | NOPPRINT option specifies whether a SELECT statement's results are displayed in output. PRINT is the default setting.
General form, PROC SQL with the NOPRINT option and the INTO clause: ...
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