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SAS Certified Professional Prep Guide
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SAS Certified Professional Prep Guide

by SAS Institute
October 2019
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
430 pages
19h 4m
English
SAS Institute
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Conditional Processing

The %IF-%THEN Statement and %ELSE Statement

A Brief Overview

You can perform conditional execution at the macro level with %IF-%THEN and %ELSE statements.
Although they look similar, the %IF-%THEN/%ELSE statement and the IF-THEN/ELSE statement belong to two different languages. Most of the same rules that apply to the DATA step IF-THEN/ELSE statement also apply to the %IF-%THEN/%ELSE statement. However, there are several important differences between the macro %IF-%THEN statement and the DATA step IF-THEN statement.
%IF-%THEN Rules
IF-THEN Rules
Can be used both inside or outside a macro program.
Is used only in a DATA step program.
Executes during macro execution.
Executes during DATA step execution. ...
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ISBN: 9781642954692