I found this little curiousity today:
1589 %macro m_r_options_pagelayout
1590 ( topmargin = 0.375in
1591 , leftmargin = 0.750in
1592 , rightmargin = 0.375in
1593 , bottommargin = 0.375in
1594 ) ;
1595
1596 options orientation = portrait
1597 topmargin = &topmargin.
1598 leftmargin = &leftmargin.
1599 rightmargin = &rightmargin.
1600 bottommargin = &bottommargin.
1601 ;
1602
1603 %mend m_r_options_pagelayout ;
1604
1605 options mprint ;
1606 %m_r_options_pagelayout( )
MPRINT(M_R_OPTIONS_PAGELAYOUT): options orientation = portrait topmargin = 0.375
leftmargin = 0.750 rightmargin = 0.375 bottommargin = 0.375 ;
1607
1608 options nomprint ;
1609 %put %m_r_options_pagelayout( ) ;
options orientation = portrait topmargin = 0.375in
leftmargin = 0.750in rightmargin = 0.375in bottommargin
= 0.375in
Notice that the MPRINT of the macro call OMITS the in (inches). Does anyone explanation? Note that this is not SAS stripping off IN because that is the default units for this options:
1621 %m_r_options_pagelayout
1622 ( topmargin = 0.375cm
1623 )
MPRINT(M_R_OPTIONS_PAGELAYOUT): options orientation = portrait topmargin = 0.375
leftmargin = 0.750 rightmargin = 0.375 bottommargin = 0.375 ;
v9.4
Operating System: WX64_SV .
Thank you,
Kevin
It is storing the units. It is just MPRINT output that is miss leading.
It does it with SAS 9.2 also.
However note that if you run Proc Options the units do appear. An interesting artifact though.
In SAS 9.4 TS1M3 similar behaviour.
MPRINT strips the units but they are being resolved properly via Symbolgen.
2
3 %macro m_r_options_pagelayout
4 ( topmargin = 0.375in
5 , leftmargin = 0.750in
6 , rightmargin = 0.375in
7 , bottommargin = 0.375in
8 ) ;
9
10 options orientation = portrait
11 topmargin = &topmargin.
12 leftmargin = &leftmargin.
13 rightmargin = &rightmargin.
14 bottommargin = &bottommargin.
15 ;
16
17 %mend m_r_options_pagelayout ;
18
19 %m_r_options_pagelayout;
SYMBOLGEN: Macro variable TOPMARGIN resolves to 0.375in
SYMBOLGEN: Macro variable LEFTMARGIN resolves to 0.750in
SYMBOLGEN: Macro variable RIGHTMARGIN resolves to 0.375in
SYMBOLGEN: Macro variable BOTTOMMARGIN resolves to 0.375in
MPRINT(M_R_OPTIONS_PAGELAYOUT): options orientation = portrait topmargin = 0.375
leftmargin = 0.750 rightmargin = 0.375 bottommargin = 0.375 ;
See: http://www.pharmasug.org/proceedings/2016/TT/PharmaSUG-2016-TT17.pdf
MFILE captures the WRONG value, too:
%m_debug_mfile
( mcall = m_r_options_pagelayout( topmargin = 0.5cm ))
options orientation = portrait topmargin = 0.5 leftmargin = 0.750 rightmargin = 0.375 bottommargin = 0.375 ;
This would be 0.5in NOT 0.5cm, since in is the default.
No, it gets set properly, how MPRINT displays is the issue. You can check the value of the option set:
%put topmargin= %sysfunc(
getoption(topmargin));
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