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01-25-2017
07:43 PM
6 Likes
Just a simple function to replace
TMP=A;
A =B;
B =TMP;
with shorter and more legible
call swap(A,B);
and RC=swap(A,B); for macro use.
&n...
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06-02-2016
11:58 PM
5 Likes
This would allow code like
%if &i=1 ## comment 1
| &i=2 ## comment 2
| &i=3 ## comment 3
%then %let i=4;
The only method for t...
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09-07-2016
06:15 PM
2 Likes
This function exists in SCL but not in the Base language. We need to to able to do this:
data _null_;
if exist('TABLE') then RC=delete('TABLE');
run;
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02-05-2019
05:19 AM
4 Likes
Following from thread
https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Optimize-SAS-Code/m-p/532716#M145990
When SAS sees this code:
data CLASS(index=(AGE));
set SASHELP.CLASS;
r...
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04-14-2016
07:41 PM
9 Likes
The only way to have a label displayed on a VA object is to change its matching data name.
This is very coarse.
A name and a label serve distinct purposes; typically the name is used b...
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07-28-2016
07:11 PM
5 Likes
When EG freezes, there is no way of knowing which EG session to kill.
Variable SYSJOBID gives the SAS server proces number.
A way to know the local EG process number would allow u...
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08-02-2016
10:05 PM
8 Likes
All tables are indexed, so this takes no time.
data ACCOUNT_444513219790;
set XODSM.ACCOUNT_201101-XODSM.ACCOUNT_201112
XODSM.ACCOUNT_201201-XODSM.ACCOUNT_201212
X...
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03-16-2017
06:38 PM
Along the lines of having better control of messages in the log, provide a way to disable warnings when a Hadoop string is 32k in length.
If I run:
proc sql;
connect to hadoop ( &h...
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07-29-2016
01:36 AM
8 Likes
data T(sortedby=X);
X=1; output;
X=2; output;
run;
will not set the validated flag in the data set's metadata as seen here:
One must recreate the t...
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08-04-2017
05:11 PM
4 Likes
The ability to have multiple cursors would be a huge improvment. Many other editors have this option (specifically Rstudio and Sublime) and adding it to SAS would bring a lot of people back to SAS a...
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