topic Re: How to assign script's own path to a variable? in SAS Programming

How to assign script's own location path to a variable?

dwhalen — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 19:03:26 GMT

How can I get the path of a script's own location (where the .sas file is saved), and assign that path to a variable?

Python equivalent would be:

import os
path = os.path.dirname(__file__)

I'm using EGuide on SAS 9.04

Kurt_Bremser — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 19:00:03 GMT

With EG, "path" can mean a lot of things:

the path to the directory from which a project file was loaded
the name and location of a node within a project file
the path where a code node is stored externally (if the EG project has a link to it instead of an embedded program)
the path of a file that was %INCLUDEd on the server.
the path of the SAS executable
the path of the EG executable on Windows

dwhalen — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 19:08:33 GMT

Meaning:

I create a script, "example.sas"

I open that script in EGuide

I run the script, and in that script, the path where "example.sas" is assigned to a variable

ChrisHemedinger — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 19:19:05 GMT

Macro Variable	Description
_CLIENTAPP	Name of the client application
_CLIENTMACHINE	Client machine node name
_CLIENTPROCESSFLOWNAME	Name of the process flow
_CLIENTPROJECTNAME	File name for the project
_CLIENTPROJECTPATH	Full path and file name for the project
_CLIENTTASKFILTER	Filter that is defined for the task. You can use this macro variable in the titles and footnotes of the task so that the filter information is displayed in the title or footnote of your results.
_CLIENTTASKLABEL	Label for the current task. This is the text label that is displayed in the Project pane and the process flow.
_CLIENTUSERID	User ID of the client user
_CLIENTUSERNAME	Full user name, if that information is available
_CLIENTVERSION	Application version, including build number
_SASHOSTNAME	Server node name (IP address, DNS name, or DCOM name)
_SASPROGRAMFILE	Full path and file name of the SAS program that is currently being run. This macro variable is available only for SAS program files that are saved on the same server on which your SAS Enterprise Guide code is being run.
_SASSERVERNAME	Name of the logical server

Reeza — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 19:58:58 GMT

SAS already contains these values in macro variables and you can reference them in your code by using &variableName.

Here's a quick intro for you: https://stats.idre.ucla.edu/sas/seminars/sas-macros-introduction/