Maximizing the Power of SAS Macro Variables: Using Them as Dates
Many SAS programmers struggle with date manipulation, particularly when creating dynamic, reusable code. In a previous post, we covered converting a text…
How to Use Character Values on a Macro %DO Loop?
The macro facility does not permit character values on an iterative%DO loop. There are two macros shown below that circumvent this constraint….
How many ways we can create macro variables in SAS?
Macro variables in SAS are used extensively for reusing codes. You can create a multi-usable program and control the analysis of variables by…
SAS macro parameters with commas
Have you ever tried to pass multiple values for a SAS macro parameter to a SAS macro or a SAS macro function? How…
How to Delete Macro Variables in SAS?
CALL SYMDEL is a data step call routine which is used to delete macro variables from the global symbol table.
CALL SYMPUT in SAS – Explained
CALL SYMPUT and CALL SYMPUTX CALL SYMPUT and CALL SYMPUTX in SAS are the most commonly used DATA Step call routines to…
How to use the IN operator in SAS macro?
IN operator is used in the data step to replace multiple OR conditions. However, if you try to use IN Operator in SAS Macro then you will find that the IN operator is not available
Exploring SAS Macro functions – Eval and Sysevalf
EVAL and SYSEVALF are the two macro functions that evaluate arithmetic expressions and logical expressions.Use the %Eval function to evaluate an arithmetic expression in SAS macro and use the %SYSEVALF function to evaluate floating-point arithmetic expressions.
SAS Macro Quoting functions: Masking Special Characters
SAS Macro quoting functions are used to resolve these ambiguities by masking the significance of special characters so that the macro processor does not misinterpret them.
