topic Re: How to stop a long SAS code in the middle? in SAS Programming

How to stop a long SAS code in the middle?

GeorgeSAS — Tue, 17 May 2016 18:52:45 GMT

Hello everyone,

I have a 1000 rows of SAS code they are around 30 data steps. if I want the SAS code stop executing only after first 10 data steps finish running. how to do that? I don't want to use 'endsas' command.

Thanks!

Re: How to stop a long SAS code in the middle?

Astounding — Tue, 17 May 2016 19:44:38 GMT

One common method is to define the steps that you don't want to run as being a macro. For example, after the 10 steps that you want to run, insert this line of code:

%macro SkipThis;

Then at the end of the program insert this line:

%mend SkipThis;

That will define the 20 steps that you want to skip as the contents of a macro, but the program never executes the macro so the steps never run.

Re: How to stop a long SAS code in the middle?

SASKiwi — Tue, 17 May 2016 20:42:20 GMT

Another way is to select the steps you want to run using your mouse and press F3 / F8 to run the selection.

Re: How to stop a long SAS code in the middle?

LinusH — Tue, 17 May 2016 20:42:57 GMT

Why do you have code that you don't want to execute?
Are you executing interactively?
Consider splitting your program.
If you are an EG user there are means to group steps into different units, like a process flow.

Re: How to stop a long SAS code in the middle?

sbxkoenk — Tue, 17 May 2016 21:59:55 GMT

If you use the SAS Windowing environment, you can use this command:

subtop 19

(it will submit the top 19 lines of code)

Koen

Re: How to stop a long SAS code in the middle?

ballardw — Tue, 17 May 2016 22:16:04 GMT

Yet another way COMMENTs and %include.

Put the code that you don't want to run into a separate program file. Then put an %include statement within comments so that it doesn't run.

<code>

/* comment not to run this

%include "path/myothercode.sas";

end comment */

When you want to run the code in the %include the Highlight that line and submit it. But if the whole program file is run the bit in the %include won't run.