SAS macro language
Aims
This course covers the topic of procedure generalisation using the SAS Macro language; an overview is given of the language syntax and the opportunities for writing, designing and debugging of programs.
Who should attend
Business users.
Prerequisites
Consolidated experience in the use of the SAS language is required.
Course outline
- Overview of macro applications in SAS environment
- System macro-variables and user defined macro-variables
- Macro-variable syntax
- Report generation using macro-variables
- Call Symput and Symget functions
- Macro programming elements
- Conditional processing examples
- Macro saving techniques
Duration
The duration of the course is 2 days.