Hi, I'm new to macros and cannot figure out why this doesn't work:
I have a bunch of questions I'm running the chi-square test on comparing two groups so I'm trying to create a macro.
The question names are:
q1_volun
q1_sec
etc....
I ran the code without the macro and it worked fine using the question names.
center pagesize=45 nonumber nodate symbolgen;
%macro analysis(question);
proc freq data=q1;
tables group*&question./chisq;
title "&question. - Chi-Sq - verifies info";
run;
%mend analysis;
%analysis (q1_vol);
%analysis (q1_sec);
Any help you can give is much appreciated! Thanks!
Hi,
You would need to be more specific, what doesn't work, what errors/warnings in the log, maybe also what data are you using, provide a datastep with some test data. The code seems fine.
The macro looks fine, especially if the same code ran without using a macro. One thing is suspect, though. You have a line:
center ... symbolgen;
These are options, so the word OPTIONS should be there:
options center ... symbolgen;
Could that be the problem?
Thank you everyone! I closed out SAS and opened it and it miraculously worked.
If you don't want to restart your SAS, here is some magic strings sometimes may work for you:
*))%*))*/;
;;;;
%mend;
options notes;
run cancel; quit;
proc unk; run;
Haikuo
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