- What's New in the SAS 9.2 Macro Language Facility
Understanding and Using the Macro Facility- Introduction to the Macro Facility
- Getting Started with the Macro Facility
- Replacing Text Strings Using Macro Variables
- Generating SAS Code Using Macros
- More Advanced Macro Techniques
- Other Features of the Macro Language
- SAS Programs and Macro Processing
- Introduction to SAS Programs and Macro Processing
- How SAS Processes Statements without Macro Activity
- How SAS Processes Statements with Macro Activity
- Macro Variables
- Introduction to Macro Variables
- Macro Variables Defined by the Macro Processor
- Macro Variables Defined by Users
- Using Macro Variables
- Displaying Macro Variable Values
- Referencing Macro Variables Indirectly
- Manipulating Macro Variable Values with Macro Functions
- Macro Processing
- Introduction to Macro Processing
- Defining and Calling Macros
- How the Macro Processor Compiles a Macro Definition
- How the Macro Processor Executes a Compiled Macro
- Summary of Macro Processing
- Scopes of Macro Variables
- Introduction to the Scopes of Macro Variables
- Global Macro Variables
- Local Macro Variables
- Writing the Contents of Symbol Tables to the SAS Log
- How Macro Variables Are Assigned and Resolved
- Examples of Macro Variable Scopes
- Special Cases of Scope with the CALL SYMPUT Routine
- Macro Expressions
- Introduction to Macro Expressions
- Defining Arithmetic and Logical Expressions
- How the Macro Processor Evaluates Arithmetic Expressions
- How the Macro Processor Evaluates Logical Expressions
- Macro Quoting
- Introduction to Macro Quoting
- Deciding When to Use a Macro Quoting Function and Which Function to Use
- %STR and %NRSTR Functions
- %BQUOTE and %NRBQUOTE Functions
- Referring to Already Quoted Variables
- Deciding How Much Text to Mask with a Macro Quoting Function
- %SUPERQ Function
- Summary of Macro Quoting Functions and the Characters They Mask
- Unquoting Text
- How Macro Quoting Works
- Other Functions That Perform Macro Quoting
- Interfaces with the Macro Facility
- Introduction to Interfaces with the Macro Facility
- DATA Step Interfaces
- Using SAS Language Functions in the DATA Step and Macro Facility
- Interfaces with the SQL Procedure
- Interfaces with the SAS Component Language
- SAS/CONNECT Interfaces
- Storing and Reusing Macros
- Introduction to Storing and Reusing Macros
- Saving Macros in an Autocall Library
- Saving Macros Using the Stored Compiled Macro Facility
- Macro Facility Error Messages and Debugging
- Writing Efficient and Portable Macros
- Introduction to Writing Efficient and Portable Macros
- Keeping Efficiency in Perspective
- Writing Efficient Macros
- Writing Portable Macros
- Macro Language Elements
- Macro Language Dictionary
- AutoCall Macros
- %CMPRES and %QCMPRES Autocall Macros
- %COMPSTOR Autocall Macro
- %DATATYP Autocall Macro
- %LEFT and %QLEFT Autocall Macro
- %LOWCASE and %QLOWCASE Autocall Macros
- %QCMPRES Autocall Macro
- %QLEFT Autocall Macro
- %QLOWCASE Autocall Macro
- %QTRIM Autocall Macro
- %SYSRC Autocall Macro
- %TRIM and %QTRIM Autocall Macro
- %VERIFY Autocall Macro
- Automatic Macro Variables
- SYSBUFFR Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSCC Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSCHARWIDTH Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSCMD Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSDATE Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSDATE9 Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSDAY Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSDEVIC Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSDMG Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSDSN Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSENCODING Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSENV Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSERR Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSERRORTEXT Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSFILRC Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSHOSTNAME Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSINDEX Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSINFO Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSJOBID Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSLAST Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSLCKRC Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSLIBRC Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSLOGAPPLNAME Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSMACRONAME Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSMENV Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSMSG Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSNCPU Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSODSPATH Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSPARM Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSPBUFF Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSPROCESSID Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSPROCESSNAME Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSPROCNAME Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSRC Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSSCP and SYSSCPL Automatic Macro Variables
- SYSSCPL Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSSITE Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSSTARTID Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSSTARTNAME Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSTCPIPHOSTNAME Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSTIME Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSUSERID Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSVER Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSVLONG Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSVLONG4 Automatic Macro Variable
- SYSWARNINGTEXT Automatic Macro Variable
- DATA Step Call Routines for Macros
- DATA Step Functions for Macros
- Macro Functions
- %BQUOTE and %NRBQUOTE Functions
- %EVAL Function
- %INDEX Function
- %LENGTH Function
- %NRBQUOTE Function
- %NRQUOTE Function
- %NRSTR Function
- %QSCAN Function
- %QSUBSTR Function
- %QSYSFUNC Function
- %QUOTE and %NRQUOTE Functions
- %QUPCASE Function
- %SCAN and %QSCAN Functions
- %STR and %NRSTR Functions
- %SUBSTR and %QSUBSTR Functions
- %SUPERQ Function
- %SYMEXIST Function
- %SYMGLOBL Function
- %SYMLOCAL Function
- %SYSEVALF Function
- %SYSFUNC and %QSYSFUNC Functions
- %SYSGET Function
- %SYSPROD Function
- %UNQUOTE Function
- %UPCASE and %QUPCASE Functions
- SQL Clauses for Macros
- Macro Statements
- %ABORT Statement
- %* Macro Comment Statement
- %COPY Statement
- %DISPLAY Statement
- %DO Statement
- %DO, Iterative Statement
- %DO %UNTIL Statement
- %DO %WHILE Statement
- %END Statement
- %GLOBAL Statement
- %GOTO Statement
- %IF-%THEN/%ELSE Statement
- %INPUT Statement
- %label Statement
- %LET Statement
- %LOCAL Statement
- %MACRO Statement
- %MEND Statement
- %PUT Statement
- %RETURN Statement
- %SYMDEL Statement
- %SYSCALL Statement
- %SYSEXEC Statement
- %SYSLPUT Statement
- %SYSRPUT Statement
- %WINDOW Statement
- System Options for Macros
- CMDMAC System Option
- IMPLMAC System Option
- MACRO System Option
- MAUTOLOCDISPLAY System Option
- MAUTOSOURCE System Option
- MCOMPILENOTE System Option
- MCOMPILE System Option
- MERROR System Option
- MEXECNOTE System Option
- MEXECSIZE System Option
- MFILE System Option
- MINDELIMITER= System Option
- MINOPERATOR System Option
- MLOGIC System Option
- MLOGICNEST System Option
- MPRINT System Option
- MPRINTNEST System Option
- MRECALL System Option
- MREPLACE System Option
- MSTORED System Option
- MSYMTABMAX= System Option
- MVARSIZE= System Option
- SASAUTOS= System Option
- SASMSTORE= System Option
- SERROR System Option
- SYMBOLGEN System Option
- SYSPARM= System Option
- Appendices
- Reserved Words in the Macro Facility
- SAS Tokens
- Syntax for Selected Functions Used with the %SYSFUNC Function
- Recommended Reading
- Glossary
| Product | Release |
|---|---|
| Base SAS | 9.2 |
- Type
- Usage and Reference
- Copyright Date
- February 2009
- Last Updated
- 20Nov2008