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subtop

sophia_SAS — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 15:57:27 GMT

Dear SAS community,

I would like to run N lines from my SAS program. Based on some research, I think the subtop command is the best way to go. However, I can't seem to figure out how to utilize this command. Would someone direct me to some useful resources?

On a similar note, anyone know why you can only run <1000 lines using the Run --> Submit N Lines command from the menu bar?

Thanks again!

Re: subtop

ballardw — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 16:19:36 GMT

Are you always running the same number of lines? If so easiest might be a KEYS entry. In BASE SAS F9 in the edior by default should bring up a KEYS menu. If there hasn't been any customization you will see for Key SHF F1 (shift F1) subtop. You can add a number after that to indicate the that you want to run the top n lines. But it always submits the top and that fixed number of lines.

It might be worthwhild to investigate breaking your code into sections and possibly using %include files to run just bits of it.