Compare SAS programs

[Miracle]

Dear all,

I'm just wondering if there is a way which I can compare two SAS programs if they are exactly the same?

Hope this is not a silly question to ask.

Thanks in advance.

[Reeza]

SAS programs are text files so you can use any text editor comparison tools to do this, even Word will compare docs I believe.

Diff Checker - Online diff tool to compare text to find the difference between two text files

[Ksharp]

If you know Eclipse - a Java Develop tool, there is a built-in program compare tool.  Ctr+ left mouse and select these two code , right mouse and select compare

[Kurt_Bremser]

If your SAS system runs on UNIX, the diff command will be your friend.

[RW9]

+1 to all the above.  To add, there is a simple website for this: http://www.comparemyfiles.com/

Or if you are using version control then there are usually compare tools embedded - Diff with previous version in SVN/TortoiseSVN for instance.

[GnaneshwarChaudhari]

Hi K C Wong

it is very easy task to do.

1) you need export this both code as a Text format.

2) then you by  using proc import import both code in SASDATA set.

3) then you can simply use.

proc compare base = dataset1 compare= dataset2 ;

run;

then you you will be get your answer if code is matching of not..

🙂

please let me know this answer help full or not.

[Miracle]

Thanks everyone for your valuable contribution

i shall try them all next time.

In the mean time, I'm using MsWord to do the comparison.

[ballardw]

One advantage to using a programming editor is that some of them will allow you to skip comments and blank lines in the comparisons.

[ChrisHemedinger]

You can also now compare two SAS programs within SAS Enterprise Guide -- new in v7.1:

How to compare SAS programs in SAS Enterprise Guide

Chris