Macro Functions Syntax Listed by Product

Base SAS

B D E I K L N Q R S U

Name
Syntax and Description
%BQUOTE (character string | text expression)
%NRBQUOTE (character string | text expression)
Mask special characters and mnemonic operators in a resolved value at macro execution.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Macro Language: Reference
%DS2CSV(argument-1=value-1, argument-2=value-2 < ...,argument-n=value-n >)
Converts SAS data sets to comma-separated value (CSV) files.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Base SAS 9.3 Utilities: Reference
%EVAL (arithmetic or logical expression)
Evaluates arithmetic and logical expressions using integer arithmetic.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Macro Language: Reference
%INDEX (source, string)
Returns the position of the first character of a string.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Macro Language: Reference
%KCMPRES (text | text expression)
Compresses multiple blanks and removes leading and trailing blanks.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
%KINDEX (source, string)
Returns the position of the first character of a string.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
%KLEFT (text | text expression)
%QKLEFT (text | text expression)
Left-aligns an argument by removing leading blanks.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
%KLENGTH (character string | text expression)
Returns the length of a string.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
%KSCAN (argument, n <,charlist <,modifiers > > )
%QKSCAN (argument, n <,charlist <,modifiers > > )
Search for a word that is specified by its position in a string.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
%KSUBSTR (argument, position <, length > )
%QKSUBSTR (argument, position <, length > )
Produce a substring of a character string.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
%KUPCASE (character string | text expression)
%QKUPCASE (character string | text expression)
Convert values to uppercase.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
%LENGTH (character string | text expression)
Returns the length of a string.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Macro Language: Reference
%NRBQUOTE (character string | text expression)
Masks special characters, including & and %, and mnemonic operators in a resolved value at macro execution.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Macro Language: Reference
%NRQUOTE (character string | text expression)
Masks special characters, including & and %, and mnemonic operators in a resolved value at macro execution.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Macro Language: Reference
%NRSTR (character-string)
Masks special characters, including & and %, and mnemonic operators in constant text during macro compilation.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Macro Language: Reference
%QSCAN (argument,n <,charlist<,modifiers> > )
Searches for a word and masks special characters and mnemonic operators.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Macro Language: Reference
%QSUBSTR (argument, position <, length > )
Produces a substring and masks special characters and mnemonic operators.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Macro Language: Reference
%QSYSFUNC (function(argument-1 <...argument-n>)<, format > )
Executes functions and masks special characters and mnemonic operators.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Macro Language: Reference
%QUOTE (character string | text expression)
%NRQUOTE (character string | text expression)
Mask special characters and mnemonic operators in a resolved value at macro execution.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Macro Language: Reference
%QUPCASE (character string | text expression)
Converts a value to uppercase and returns a result that masks special characters and mnemonic operators.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Macro Language: Reference
RESOLVE(argument)
Resolves the value of a text expression during DATA step execution.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Macro Language: Reference
%SCAN(argument, n <,charlist <,modifiers > > )
%QSCAN(argument, n <,charlist <,modifiers > > )
Search for a word that is specified by its position in a string.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Macro Language: Reference
%STR (character-string)
%NRSTR (character-string)
Mask special characters and mnemonic operators in constant text at macro compilation.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Macro Language: Reference
%SUBSTR (argument, position <, length > )
%QSUBSTR (argument, position <, length > )
Produce a substring of a character string.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Macro Language: Reference
%SUPERQ (argument)
Masks all special characters and mnemonic operators at macro execution but prevents further resolution of the value.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Macro Language: Reference
SYMEXIST (argument)
Returns an indication of the existence of a macro variable.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Macro Language: Reference
%SYMEXIST(macro-variable-name)
Returns an indication of the existence of a macro variable.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Macro Language: Reference
SYMGET(argument)
Returns the value of a macro variable to the DATA step during DATA step execution.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Macro Language: Reference
SCL-variable =SYMGETN ('macro-variable');
In SAS Component Control Language (SCL) programs, returns the value of a global macro variable as a numeric value.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Macro Language: Reference
SYMGLOBL (argument)
Returns an indication as to whether a macro variable is global in scope to the DATA step during DATA step execution.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Macro Language: Reference
%SYMGLOBL(macro-variable-name)
Returns an indication as to whether a macro variable is global in scope.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Macro Language: Reference
SYMLOCAL (argument)
Returns an indication as to whether a macro variable is local in scope to the DATA step during DATA step execution.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Macro Language: Reference
%SYMLOCAL(macro-variable-name)
Returns an indication as to whether a macro variable is local in scope.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Macro Language: Reference
%SYSEVALF(expression <, conversion-type > )
Evaluates arithmetic and logical expressions using floating-point arithmetic.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Macro Language: Reference
%SYSFUNC (function(argument-1 <...argument-n>)<, format > )
%QSYSFUNC (function(argument-1 <...argument-n>)<, format > )
Execute SAS functions or user-written functions.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Macro Language: Reference
%SYSGET(environment-variable)
Returns the value of the specified operating environment variable.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Macro Language: Reference
%SYSMACEXEC(macro_name)
Returns an indication of the execution status of a macro.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Macro Language: Reference
%SYSMACEXIST(macro-name)
Returns an indication of the existence of a macro definition in the WORK.SASMACR catalog. Otherwise, the returned value is 0.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Macro Language: Reference
%SYSMEXECDEPTH
Returns the nesting depth of macro execution from the point of the call to %SYSMEXECDEPTH.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Macro Language: Reference
%SYSMEXECNAME (n)
Returns the name of the macro executing at a requested nesting level.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Macro Language: Reference
%SYSPROD (product)
Reports whether a SAS software product is licensed at the site.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Macro Language: Reference
%UNQUOTE (character string | text expression)
During macro execution, unmasks all special characters and mnemonic operators for a value.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Macro Language: Reference
%UPCASE (character string | text expression)
%QUPCASE(character string | text expression)
Convert values to uppercase.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Macro Language: Reference