SAS Tutorial | How to Create Macro Variables and Use Macro Functions
Using the SAS Macro Language, you can produce SAS programs that are easier to modify and maintain – or better yet, programs which modify and maintain themselves. In this SAS How to Tutorial, Stacey demonstrates using SAS macro variables to store text and substitute values dynamically in your program.
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Chapters
00:00 – Overview of what you’ll learn
01:04 – What macro variables are and how you can create them
05:57 – Manipulating macro variables with macro functions
10:19 – Creating macro variables from data using SQL
14:58 – Using the trimmed option
Learn more about SAS Software
◉ SAS Macro Language 1: Essentials Course – https://support.sas.com/edu/schedules...
◉ Getting Started with the Macro Facility – https://go.documentation.sas.com/?doc...
◉ SAS Macro Language Documentation – https://go.documentation.sas.com/?cdc...
◉ Passing comma-delimited values into SAS macros and macro functions –
https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/201...
◉ Tip: %LET macro statement – https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Co...
◉ How to create and use SAS macro functions – https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/202...
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