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How to conditionally abort a SAS program ? (macro)

RTelang — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 05:20:08 GMT

Betreff: How to conditionally abort a SAS program ? (macro)

andreas_lds — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 08:30:32 GMT

By using %abort or %return.

%macro narf(Condition);
  %put Random debug print;
  %if &Condition = stop_value %then %return;
  %put After return;
%mend;

%narf(no_stop);
%put ------------------------------------;
%narf(stop_value);

Betreff: How to conditionally abort a SAS program ? (macro)

RTelang — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 08:46:38 GMT

thank you for the response can u please elobrate am new in using macros

can write in detail about the program. thanks

Betreff: How to conditionally abort a SAS program ? (macro)

RW9 — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 09:55:20 GMT

Why would you want to? You have provided nothing in terms of what you are trying to do, how things are running, what environment you are using etc. I have yet to find a valid scenario where using one of the abort statements is necessary, and if my logchecker came across that is pulled out as an error. Provide information about what you want to do and why, and we will see if there are better solutions.

Betreff: How to conditionally abort a SAS program ? (macro)

RTelang — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 06:59:03 GMT

hello betreff
can u explain ur program thanks 🙂

Betreff: How to conditionally abort a SAS program ? (macro)

andreas_lds — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 08:27:49 GMT

I recommend reading http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/mcrolref/67912/PDF/default/mcrolref.pdf.