topic Re: macro code to conditionally abort a sas prg in SAS Programming

macro code to conditionally abort a sas prg

RTelang — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 05:23:15 GMT

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

%bort(no_stop);
%put
%bort(stop_value);

hello here is my code %bort how do i make more flexible & generic to abort condionally a sas prg. can i use data_null_ plz give logic/code to enhamce my code. thanks in advance....

Re: macro code to conditionally abort a sas prg

SASKiwi — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 06:58:44 GMT

Do you know about the ERRORABEND option? That will abort a SAS program when an error is encountered.

You may also want to check out the ERRORCHECK and SYNTAXCHECK options and error handling in general:

http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/lrcon/68089/HTML/default/viewer.htm#n1nzmsupywf45qn1m6j1eczg1cb4.htm

Re: macro code to conditionally abort a sas prg

RTelang — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 07:27:29 GMT

nope am not familiar with ERRORABEND concept.

Re: macro code to conditionally abort a sas prg

RTelang — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 07:29:10 GMT

i hav done a code to abort but how can i enhance it more to conditionally abort a sas prg can i add data_null_ & check condition or any other logic/code please do provide... thankU

Re: macro code to conditionally abort a sas prg

LinusH — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 14:55:44 GMT

It's funny that you ask if you can do something - didn't occured to you that you could test it yourself first?

Re: macro code to conditionally abort a sas prg

ballardw — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 15:29:37 GMT

You might want to check documentation for the %sysrc macro that returns values related to error conditons.

Also the system automatic macro variable SYSERR which is set at each step boundary (data step or procedure call)