In the SAS^® Enhanced Editor, you can use existing functionality to delete to the end of the line. Place the cursor on the character that you want to delete. Press Shift+End to extend the selection to the end of line, and then press the Delete or Backspace key.

Alternately, you can set up a SAS Enhanced Editor keyboard macro to define a key that will delete from the cursor to the end of the line. To set up this macro, follow the instructions below:

1. In SAS, with an Enhanced Editor window active, open the Keyboard Macros dialog box for the editor by selecting Tools ► Keyboard Macros ► Macros.
2. Click Create to open the Create Keyboard Macro dialog box.
3. From the Categories drop-down list, select Selection.
4. Under Commands, select Extend selection to end of line and click the right arrow button (>>) to add the command to the macro.
5. Under Categories again, select Edit.
6. Select the Delete current character command and click the right arrow button (>>) to add the command to the macro.
7. Enter a name for the macro (for example, "Delete to end of line"). Click OK.
8. You can assign a key combination to the command.
9. Back in the Keyboard Macros dialog box, select the Delete to end of line command.
10. Click Assign keys button.
11. In the Press new shortcut key text box, enter a key combination (for example, Ctrl+E).
12. Click Assign. Click OK to close the Assign Keys dialog box.
13. Click Close to close the Keyboard Macros dialog box.

Now, test the way it works. In the editor, position your cursor on a line with some text and press Ctrl+E. All of the text to the end of the line is deleted.

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