Check out the OPSCAL function in IML. It can average adjacent categories to achieve monotonicity.  https://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/pgmsascdc/v_045/casimllang/casimllang_common_sect279.htm ... View more

https://documentation.sas.com/doc/da/vdmmlcdc/8.1/lefunctionsref/n1e21rr6al5m2nn19r1fat5qxwrt.htm#:~:text=Removes%20leading%20and%20trailing%20blanks%2C%20and%20returns%20a%20concatenated%20character%20string.&text=Restriction%3A,%2C%20and%20MBCS%20(UTF8).   ... View more

Adding to the other comments. Don't use the macro language when you can use ordinary SAS code. I wrote some multi-thousand line macros in my day. Of course they had macro code. That said, when ever possible, I used DATA _NULL_ DATA step code to process parameters and strings. It makes your life much easier. ... View more

proc template; delete Stat.Lifetest.Graphics.ProductLimitSurvival / store=sasuser.templat; delete Stat.Lifetest.Graphics.ProductLimitSurvival2 / store=sasuser.templat; run;   Assuming you modified templates in sasuser, try to delete them using the code above.   Everything you ever wanted to know about modifying the KM plot is here: https://support.sas.com/documentation/onlinedoc/stat/151/kaplan.pdf ... View more

https://support.sas.com/techsup/technote/mr2010c.pdf https://support.sas.com/rnd/app/macros/MktEx/MktEx.pdf   The MktEx macro makes factorial designs in a straight-forward way (at least when there are no restrictions). Furthermore, it has detailed facilities for imposing restrictions, prohibiting combinations and the like. Look in these sources and elsewhere for examples on restrictions. ... View more

Here are some Unicode blog posts including a few by me. https://blogs.sas.com/content/tag/unicode/   I notice a grade group and a score group variable. You need to reconcile that. ... View more

Run proc contents on your input data set. Run proc freq on your location variable. Is "inner suburbs" really a value? Don't trust what you think or what you see in your instream data. Look at the data set. ... View more

https://support.sas.com/documentation/onlinedoc/stat/151/kaplan.pdf   An entire chapter is devoted to customizing the KM plot. ... View more

https://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/pgmsascdc/9.4_3.5/lefunctionsref/n0l66p5oqex1f2n1quuopdvtcjqb.htm   Try it out. That is the best way to learn. ... View more

You forgot one style, although I don't know why anyone would ever want to use it. Comments can begin with COMMENT.     1 OPTIONS NONOTES NOSTIMER NOSOURCE NOSYNTAXCHECK; 68 69 comment this is an obscure comment; 70 comment print some sample data; 71 proc print data=sashelp.class; 72 run; NOTE: There were 19 observations read from the data set SASHELP.CLASS. NOTE: PROCEDURE PRINT used (Total process time): real time 0.01 seconds user cpu time 0.02 seconds system cpu time 0.00 seconds memory 1131.87k OS Memory 20640.00k Timestamp 08/26/2023 12:12:22 PM Step Count 24 Switch Count 0 Page Faults 0 Page Reclaims 477 Page Swaps 0 Voluntary Context Switches 0 Involuntary Context Switches 0 Block Input Operations 0 Block Output Operations 8 73 comment now we are done; 74 75 OPTIONS NONOTES NOSTIMER NOSOURCE NOSYNTAXCHECK; 85   ... View more

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You might want to brush up on attribute priority. I hope you find this discussion helpful. We needed options for black and white, color, color but ok for color blind, etc, and so we came up with attribute priority.  http://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/pgmsascdc/9.4_3.5/statug/statug_odsgraph_sect050.htm ... View more

Is ODS Graphics better than what? PROC SGPLOT is part of ODS Graphics. ODS Graphics is better than the old legacy SAS/GRAPH. You can get my free introductory book here. https://support.sas.com/documentation/prod-p/grstat/9.4/en/PDF/odsbasicg.pdf ... View more

Many of us won't open attachments, so you will have a  better response if you post your code.  ... View more

I don't have access to Draper and Smith any more, and I am not going to get deeply involved in it, but I did want to point out the statement in the documentation to which I referred you in case it helps:   To divide by the geometric mean, specify the GEOMETRICMEAN t-option. ... View more