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Macros basic

Sama1 — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 13:38:39 GMT

As a beginner I want to know how to learn macros ,please share any books, websites which can help in learning macros easily

Re: Macros basic [how to improve your question]

Community_Guide — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 08:21:12 GMT

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Re: Macros basic

PaigeMiller — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 12:22:20 GMT

@Sama1 wrote:
Create a macro that includes a dataset that contains observations with a date variable containing dates for March, 2017. Assign the month name to one macro variable and year number to another macro variable. Output a CSV file where the resulting file name includes value of the two macro variables within the name. Eg: “Filename_March_2017.csv”

Thanks

Yes, of course SAS can create these macro variables. It's probably not a good idea to use “Filename_March_2017.csv”, because this won't sort properly, it will sort alphabetically in your operating system. A better result would be to “Filename_2017-03.csv”, which will sort properly in your operating system.

Something like this, assuming ALL date values in your data set are in the same month (UNTESTED CODE)

data _null_;
    set have(obs=1);
    call symputx('year_month',put(date,yymmd7.));
run;

Re: Macros basic

Sama1 — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 12:23:30 GMT

Thank you very much