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Timbim
Obsidian | Level 7

Hi Community,

 

what does the following mean?

 

data test;

set detail.account_nii(where=(k_time="&day_date9."d));

 

run;

 

what is &day_date9?

 

Thanks for your help.

 

Magstar

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mkeintz
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This program expects there to be a previously defined macrovar named DAY_DATE9, with a value in the format ddMMMyyyy.For example, precede your program with a statement like:

 

%let day_date9=17OCT2018 ;

 

Presumably the variable k_time has sas date values in it.

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mkeintz
PROC Star

This program expects there to be a previously defined macrovar named DAY_DATE9, with a value in the format ddMMMyyyy.For example, precede your program with a statement like:

 

%let day_date9=17OCT2018 ;

 

Presumably the variable k_time has sas date values in it.

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The hash OUTPUT method will overwrite a SAS data set, but not append. That can be costly. Consider voting for Add a HASH object method which would append a hash object to an existing SAS data set

Would enabling PROC SORT to simultaneously output multiple datasets be useful? Then vote for
Allow PROC SORT to output multiple datasets

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