SAS Macro Programming Made Easy, Third Edition, 3rd Edition

Chapter 13 A Stepwise Method for Writing Macro Programs

Introduction

Building a Macro Program in Four Steps

Applying the Four Steps to an Example

Step 1: Write, test, and debug the SAS program(s) that you want the macro program to build

Step 2: Remove hard-coded programming constants from the program(s) in Step 1 and replace these constants with macro variables

Step 3: Create macro program(s) from the program(s) in Step 2

Step 4: Refine and generalize the macro program(s) in Step 3 by adding macro language statements like %IF-%THEN and %DO groups

Executing the REPORT Macro Program

Enhancing the Macro Program REPORT

 

Introduction

By now you’ve probably thought of at least one application that you could rewrite as a macro program. You've written ...