Usage Note 43902: Macro facility does not accept CARDS or PARMCARDS statements
Most of the SAS Language and all of the SAS Macro Language are 'free format' giving the ability to format and indent code for better readability. When compiling a macro, the SAS Macro Facility strips out any formatting (spaces, line breaks, tabs, etc.) in the model text to minimize the size of the stored text.
DATALINES, CARDS, and PARMCARDS statements are not free format. When the SAS Macro Facility compiles these statements, it removes the formatting, which would very possibly move data into incorrect lines and/or columns. This can cause incorrect results and is the fundamental reason for the restriction.
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | | |
| Z64 | | |
| OpenVMS VAX | | |
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | | |
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | | |
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | | |
| OS/2 | | |
| Microsoft Windows 95/98 | | |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | | |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | | |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | | |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | | |
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | | |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | | |
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | | |
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | | |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | | |
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | | |
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | | |
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | | |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | | |
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | | |
| Windows Millennium Edition (Me) | | |
| Windows Vista | | |
| Windows Vista for x64 | | |
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | | |
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | | |
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | | |
| ABI+ for Intel Architecture | | |
| AIX | | |
| HP-UX | | |
| HP-UX IPF | | |
| IRIX | | |
| Linux | | |
| Linux for x64 | | |
| Linux on Itanium | | |
| OpenVMS Alpha | | |
| OpenVMS on HP Integrity | | |
| Solaris | | |
| Solaris for x64 | | |
| Tru64 UNIX | | |
*
For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed
Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be
fixed.
CARDS, DATALINES and PARMCARDS statements are not allowed within the macro facility.
| Date Modified: | 2011-08-03 10:51:17 |
| Date Created: | 2011-08-03 10:18:18 |
