What's New in SAS(R) 9.2

Product	Release
SAS/CONNECT	9.2
SAS/GRAPH	9.2
SAS/SHARE	9.2
SAS/ETS	9.2
SAS Data Quality Server	9.2
SAS/IntrNet	9.2
SAS/OR	9.2
SAS/STAT	9.2
SAS/Genetics	9.2
SAS/QC	9.2
SAS/IML	9.2
SAS/ACCESS Interface to PC Files	9.2
Base SAS	9.2

What's New

What's New in the SAS 9.2 Macro Language Facility

The Macro Language Facility has the following enhancements:

These enhancements enable you to reduce the amount of text needed to perform common tasks and integrate macros with other parts of your SAS programs.

The &SYSENCODING automatic macro variable contains the name of the current session encoding.
The &SYSERRORTEXT automatic macro variable contains the text of the last error message formatted for display on the SAS log.
The &SYSHOSTNAME automatic macro variable contains the host name of a computer.
The &SYSTCPIPHOSTNAME automatic macro variable contains the host names of the local and remote computers when multiple TCP/IP stacks are supported.
The &SYSWARNINGTEXT automatic macro variable contains the text of the last warning message formatted for display on the SAS log.

The MCOMPILE system option enables new definitions of macros.
The MEXECNOTE system option displays the macro execution information in the SAS log at macro invocation.
The MEXECSIZE system option is the maximum macro size that can be executed in memory.
The MINOPERATOR system option specifies that the macro processor recognizes and evaluates the mnemonic IN and the special character # as logical operators when evaluating arithmetic or logical expressions during the execution of the macro.
The MREPLACE system option enables existing macros to be redefined.

The MINDELIMITER= option specifies a value that overrides the MINDELIMITER= global option during this macro session.
The SECURE option enables you to write secure macros that protect intellectual property contained in stored compiled macros.
The MINOPERATOR option specifies that the macro processor recognizes and evaluates the mnemonic IN and the special character # as logical operators when evaluating arithmetic or logical expressions during the execution of the macro.