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Chapter 12. Debugging Macro Programming and Adding Error Checking to Macro Programs

Introduction

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Introduction		298
Understanding the Types of Errors That Can Occur in Macro Programming		298
Minimizing Errors in Developing SAS Programs That Contain Macro Language		299
Categorizing and Checking for Common Problems in Macro Programming		299
Understanding the Tools That Can Debug Macro Programming		303
	Using SAS System Options to Debug Macro Programming	304
	Using Macro Language Statements to Debug Macro Programming	305
	Using Macro Functions to Debug Macro Programming	306
	Using Automatic Macro Variables to Debug Macro Programming	306
Examples of Solving Errors in Macro Programming		307
Improving Your Macro Programming by Including Error Checking		326