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Course fee and EPTO/APTO units differ for on-site training.SAS Macro Programming: Advanced Topics
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Duration: 1.0 day Course fee: $575 EPTO units: 1.1 CEUs: 0.6 | ||
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This course is designed for those who have a solid understanding of the macro facility and want to expand their knowledge with additional macro techniques.
Learn how to
- protect special characters during macro compilation and execution
- use functions and routines to perform calculations and read/write data
- create utility macro programs
- store macro programs permanently.
Who should attend
Experienced SAS macro programmers
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Prerequisites
Before attending this course, you should have completed the SAS Macro Language course or have equivalent knowledge and experience.
Course Contents
Handling Special Characters
- applying compile-time quoting functions
- applying execution-time quoting functions
- performing numerical calculations
- calling functions and routines
- reading and writing data
- coordinating macro with the DATA step
- enhancing functionality
- using autocall macros
- using stored compiled macros
- applying best practices
- debugging and troubleshooting
- creating portable applications
Software
This course addresses Base SAS. This course is appropriate for students who are using SAS Version 8 or SAS 9 software.
Course Materials
Students receive a hardcopy of the course notes and, in some courses, can choose to take home a copy of the course data.
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