topic Re: syntax rules for adding a comment in New SAS User

syntax rules for adding a comment

lioradam — Sat, 27 Aug 2022 16:48:29 GMT

Hello all,

I have trouble with adding comments by using an asterisk at the beginning and at the end of the comment.

before the comment, I enter /* and after the comment, I enter */. Most of the time, it works fine, however, sometimes it doesn't work (I enter */ at the end of the comment and the following code is still colored in green).

Does anyone had this trouble and know how to fix it?

Thanks in advance,

Lior

Re: syntax rules for adding a comment

Tom — Sat, 27 Aug 2022 17:13:45 GMT

@lioradam wrote:

Hello all,

I have trouble with adding comments by using an asterisk at the beginning and at the end of the comment.

before the comment, I enter /* and after the comment, I enter */. Most of the time, it works fine, however, sometimes it doesn't work (I enter */ at the end of the comment and the following code is still colored in green).

Does anyone had this trouble and know how to fix it?

Thanks in advance,

Lior

Coloring is some feature of the editor you are using, not the SAS language itself. The editor does not really know the impact of all of the various SAS syntaxes, especially if you are using macro code at all.

To tell if your comments are entered correctly you need to run the code.

Block comments start with /* and end with */ and cannot be nested.

Statement comments start with * and end with a semi-colon (just like any other SAS statement).

Macro statement comments start with %* and end with a semi-colon (just like any other macro statement).

Re: syntax rules for adding a comment

Quentin — Sat, 27 Aug 2022 17:22:30 GMT

If your editor has the coloring wrong, you can often fix it with a * comment, e.g.:

* fix syntax coloring ;

Re: syntax rules for adding a comment

lioradam — Sat, 27 Aug 2022 17:28:17 GMT

Thank you,

Lior

Re: syntax rules for adding a comment

lioradam — Sat, 10 Sep 2022 10:41:11 GMT

Thank you!