Macro Statements

%COPY Statement

Copies specified items from a SAS macro library.

Type:

Macro statement

Restriction:

Allowed in macro definitions or open code

Syntax

%COPY macro-name /<option1 <...option-n>> SOURCE

macro-name: name of the macro that the %COPY statement will use.
SOURCE SRC: specifies that the source code of the macro will be copied to the output destination. If the OUTFILE= option is not specified, the source is written to the SAS log.

option1 <...option-n>

must be one or more of the following options:

LIBRARY= libref LIB=

specifies the libref of a SAS library that contains a catalog of stored compiled SAS macros. If no library is specified, the libref specified by the SASMSTORE= option is used.

Restriction:

This libref cannot be WORK.

OUTFILE=fileref | 'external file' OUT=

specifies the output destination of the %COPY statement. The value can be a fileref or an external file.

Example

In the following example, the %COPY statement writes the stored source code to the SAS log:

/* commentary */ %macro foobar(arg) /store source
     des="This macro does not do much";
%put arg = &arg;
* this is commentary!!!;
%* this is macro commentary;
%mend /* commentary; */;      /* Further commentary */
NOTE: The macro FOOBAR completed compilation without errors.

%copy foobar/source;

The following results are written to the SAS log:

%macro foobar(arg) /store source
des="This macro does not do much";
%put arg = &arg;
* this is commentary!!!;
%* this is macro commentary;
%mend /* commentary; */;

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