topic What does this mean ? in SAS Procedures

topic What does this mean ? in SAS Procedures https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/What-does-this-mean/m-p/42610#M11083 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>If in a sas program, if we use something like this  : </P><P></P><P>%name1 </P><P></P><P>what does this mean ? </P><P></P><P>Is name1 refers to another SAS Programs ? </P><P></P><P>Thanks in Advance!! </P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:45:24 GMT sasbasls 2011-11-07T15:45:24Z What does this mean ? https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/What-does-this-mean/m-p/42610#M11083 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>If in a sas program, if we use something like this  : </P><P></P><P>%name1 </P><P></P><P>what does this mean ? </P><P></P><P>Is name1 refers to another SAS Programs ? </P><P></P><P>Thanks in Advance!! </P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:45:24 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/What-does-this-mean/m-p/42610#M11083 sasbasls 2011-11-07T15:45:24Z What does this mean ? https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/What-does-this-mean/m-p/42611#M11084 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I would think it means that you are calling a macro that has the name name1</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:48:21 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/What-does-this-mean/m-p/42611#M11084 art297 2011-11-07T15:48:21Z