topic Re: How to display a macro definition without running it in SAS Programming

How to display a macro definition without running it

GeorgeSAS — Fri, 28 Apr 2017 16:09:05 GMT

Hello,

I want know a stored macro definition without run it. how to do it?

Thanks

%macro test666;
%put 111;
%put 222;
%mend test666;

Re: How to display a macro definition without running it

ballardw — Fri, 28 Apr 2017 16:34:13 GMT

Basically if the macro was not created with the STORE and SOURCE options on the %macro statement, which requires the System option MSTORED and a permanent library referenced in the SASMSTORE option to be set you can't.

%copy can recover the source if the macro was compiled with the option.

options  mstored SASMSTORE=fp;
%macro test666/ store source;
%put 111;
%put 222;
%mend test666;
%copy test666/ source;

The above code sets the option mstored to allow storage, SASMSTORE=FP says that location in in MY permanent library FP. You would use your library.

The options are set on the macro state and the %copy will write this to the LOG:

 %copy test666/ source;
%macro test666/ store source;
%put 111;
%put 222;
%mend test666;

If the question was asked because someone did not save the source code you are basically out of luck. Note that the SAS documentation emphasizes to Save the code.

Re: How to display a macro definition without running it

GeorgeSAS — Fri, 28 Apr 2017 17:41:28 GMT

While the option in my SAS system is :
NOMSTORED
Without changing it, what should I do then?

Re: How to display a macro definition without running it

ballardw — Fri, 28 Apr 2017 17:51:02 GMT

The example code shows everything you need to do to create the macro catalog in the library and then recover the source.

The OPTIONS statement before the %macro statement shows the details.

Re: How to display a macro definition without running it

GeorgeSAS — Fri, 28 Apr 2017 17:58:12 GMT

How if the macro was a stored macro:

"D:\MYSAS\sasmacro\test666.sas"
content of test666.sas :
%macro test666;
%put 111;
%put 222;
%mend test666;

The option in config file: OPTIONS SASAUTOS=("D:\MYSAS\sasmacro");

In this case, I want to know/display the macro definition, but I am not the author of the macro. I don't know the content.how to display the definition then?