topic keyboard abbreviations within a procedure in SAS Enterprise Guide https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/keyboard-abbreviations-within-a-procedure/m-p/89529#M8394 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Is there a way to get abbreviation macros to work within a procedure?</P><P></P><P>For example, I have an abbreviation "print8pt" with contents "style(data header obs obsheader)=[font_size=8pt]". If I type "pri" on an empty line in EG 4.3, this abbreviation appears in a list and I can expand it by pressing the tab key. But if I first type "proc print data=sashelp.class " and then try to use the abbreviation, I can't get it to work!</P><P></P><P>A workaround is to type a semi-colon to terminate the proc print statement, use the abbreviation, then go back and delete the semi-colon. But is there a better way, preferably one where the abbreviation macro would only pop up while I'm writing a proc print statement?</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:07:45 GMT ckx 2013-01-29T16:07:45Z keyboard abbreviations within a procedure https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/keyboard-abbreviations-within-a-procedure/m-p/89529#M8394 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Is there a way to get abbreviation macros to work within a procedure?</P><P></P><P>For example, I have an abbreviation "print8pt" with contents "style(data header obs obsheader)=[font_size=8pt]". If I type "pri" on an empty line in EG 4.3, this abbreviation appears in a list and I can expand it by pressing the tab key. But if I first type "proc print data=sashelp.class " and then try to use the abbreviation, I can't get it to work!</P><P></P><P>A workaround is to type a semi-colon to terminate the proc print statement, use the abbreviation, then go back and delete the semi-colon. But is there a better way, preferably one where the abbreviation macro would only pop up while I'm writing a proc print statement?</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:07:45 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/keyboard-abbreviations-within-a-procedure/m-p/89529#M8394 ckx 2013-01-29T16:07:45Z Re: keyboard abbreviations within a procedure https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/keyboard-abbreviations-within-a-procedure/m-p/89530#M8395 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It may help to name your abbreviations with a character or character group that doesn't occur in code very often. I use abbreviations that start with #.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:15:30 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/keyboard-abbreviations-within-a-procedure/m-p/89530#M8395 ballardw 2013-01-29T18:15:30Z