topic Re: Modify EG formating for SAS code in SAS Enterprise Guide

Modify EG formating for SAS code

td1234 — Sun, 03 Jan 2016 01:23:37 GMT

Can I modify EG so that formatting SAS code doesn't tab "If Then" statements to a seperate lines?

Re: Modify EG formating for SAS code

Jagadishkatam — Sun, 03 Jan 2016 07:32:20 GMT

Is the query related to indentation in EG

Re: Modify EG formating for SAS code

td1234 — Sun, 03 Jan 2016 13:24:11 GMT

Yes.

I am new to EG. When I run the EG code formating procedure, SAS indents the if statement to a seperate line. For example:

I want this:

if x=0 then y=1; else

x >0 then y=2; else

x<0 then y=3;

What I get is something like:

if x=0 then

y=1;

else

x >0 then

y=2;

else

x<0 then

y=3;

Re: Modify EG formating for SAS code

Jagadishkatam — Sun, 03 Jan 2016 13:39:06 GMT

The best way is avoid the formatting in EG and you could simply write and apply no formatting

Re: Modify EG formating for SAS code

Tom — Sun, 03 Jan 2016 14:05:14 GMT

Could it have something to do with the code being incorrect?

What is with the extra THEN keywords?

I assume you meant something like this.

if x=0 then y=1; 
else if x>0 then y=2; 
else if x<0 then y=3;

Personally I would not use your style becuase it is placing key information (the ELSE keyword) at the end of the line instead of the beginning of the line. This makes it very difficult to quickly scan the code. The beginning of the lines will be alligned, but the ends of the lines will be ragged.