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braverju
Obsidian | Level 7

Hello! I am new to SAS macro and would appreciate your help. 

 

I have the following code that I would like to put into Macro to be able to run with different parameters. 

 

DATA myData;
set myData;

ratio1 = freq1/N1;
ratio2 = freq2/N2;

 

Label
    ratio1 = '% Label 1'
    ratio2 = '% Label 2'
;

RUN;

***************************************

I would like to create a macro function that has the following parameters:

1) Data set

2) Array of Labels (Label 1, Label 2...) with the dynamic length

 

So, I would like to be able to do something like: 

%MACRO calculateRatio (dataSet, lbls);

DATA &dataSet;
 set &dataSet;

 %do i=1 %to %dim(lbls);
        ratio&i =freq&i/N&i ;
%end;

Label
        %do i=1 %to %dim(lbls);
        ratio&i = %:_&&lbls&i;
%end;
;
RUN;

%MEND calculateRatio;

***********

 

%ARRAY (lbls, VALUES=Label1 Label2);
%calculateRatio (myData, lbls);

 

Till now – no luck. I also tried %DO_OVER(lbls,PHRASE=ratio?_I_ = ?) but keep getting tons of syntax errors. The code doesn't work and I am afraid I am doing something basically wrong. The help is highly appreciated!

 

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Tom
Super User Tom
Super User

Pass the list of labels as a single parameter that is delimited by some character.

%macro calculateRatio (inds,outds, labels);
%local i ;
data &outds;
  set &indst;
%do i=1 %to %sysfunc(countw(&labels,|));
    ratio&i =freq&i/N&i ; 
    label ratio&i = %sysfunc(quote(%qscan(&labels,&i,|)));
%end;
run;
%mend calculateRatio;

%calculateratio(inds=have,outds=want,labels=Label1|Label2|Label3)

 

 

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PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

You are confusing and combining ARRAY commands with MACRO commands, can't be done.

 

You need to use MACRO commands when you are performing macro functions. The fact that loops can be EITHER arrays or macros doesn't mean you can use array command as macro commands. There is no %dim macro command, dim is an array command. The code below assumes in &lbls you have a delimiter of backslash to separate the labels.

 

UNTESTED CODE

 

%MACRO calculateRatio (dataSet, lbls);
DATA &dataSet;
 set &dataSet;
 %do i=1 %to %sysfunc(countw(%superq(lbls),\));
        ratio&i =freq&i/N&i ;
%end;

Label
        %do i=1 %to %sysfunc(countw(%superq(lbls),\));
        ratio&i = "%str(%%) %scan(&lbls,&i,\)"
%end;
;
RUN;

%MEND calculateRatio;

%calculateRatio(myData,Label 1\Label 2)

 

 

--
Paige Miller
braverju
Obsidian | Level 7
Thank you so much for the explanations! I got it. I was confused indeed. And it worked now. Thank you!
Tom
Super User Tom
Super User

Pass the list of labels as a single parameter that is delimited by some character.

%macro calculateRatio (inds,outds, labels);
%local i ;
data &outds;
  set &indst;
%do i=1 %to %sysfunc(countw(&labels,|));
    ratio&i =freq&i/N&i ; 
    label ratio&i = %sysfunc(quote(%qscan(&labels,&i,|)));
%end;
run;
%mend calculateRatio;

%calculateratio(inds=have,outds=want,labels=Label1|Label2|Label3)

 

 

braverju
Obsidian | Level 7
Thank you so so much! It worked like a miracle.

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