covdate = input(hire_date,yymmdd10.) + 360 if hire_date is 20010901. Will this output sas date ? Yes ... View more

It gets easier if you separate out the macro part from the non-macro part. Here is one way.    %*-- args pass by names, not by values --*;    %macro options(_list=, _pop=);       %if ^%symexist(&_list) %then %return;       %local i value qvalue dash selected pop;       %let pop = %qsysfunc(strip(%superq(&_pop)));       %let dash = %str(-);       %let i = 1;       %let value = %qsysfunc(strip(%qscan(%superq(&_list), &i, &dash)));       %do %while (&value^=);          %if &value = &pop %then %let selected = selected;          %else %let selected =;          %let value = %qsysfunc(htmlencode(&value));          %let qvalue = %qsysfunc(quote(&value));          %*;%unquote(             put "<option value="&qvalue" &selected>&value</option>";          )          %let i = %eval(&i + 1);          %let value = %qsysfunc(strip(%qscan(%superq(&_list), &i, &dash)));       %end;    %mend  options;    %*-- check --*;    %let population_list = Boeing All Others-       Boeing ForAsgmt (exPat)-Boeing ForAsgmt SP/DP (exPat)       -Boeing ILHE-Boeing USA EE-Boeing USA SP/DP;    %let population = Boeing ILHE;    data _null_;       put '<tr><th>Population:</th>';       put '<td><select name="population">';       put '<option value="(none)">Select One</option>';       %options(_list=population_list, _pop=population)       put '</select></td>';       put '</tr>';    run;    %*-- on log    <tr><th>Population:</th>    <td><select name="population">    <option value="(none)">Select One</option>    <option value="Boeing All Others" >Boeing All Others</option>    <option value="Boeing ForAsgmt (exPat)" >Boeing ForAsgmt (exPat)</option>    <option value="Boeing ForAsgmt SP/DP (exPat)" >Boeing ForAsgmt SP/DP (exPat)</option>    <option value="Boeing ILHE" selected>Boeing ILHE</option>    <option value="Boeing USA EE" >Boeing USA EE</option>    <option value="Boeing USA SP/DP" >Boeing USA SP/DP</option>    </select></td>    </tr>    --*; ... View more

See if Sherman and Carpenter(2009) helps. ... View more

Establish a connection via IOM provider. ... View more

If you have a date value, then you can just subtract 5.    data _null_;      p = '24jun2011:08:30:00'dt; /* a datetime value */      d = datepart(p); /* extract a date */      h = d - 5; /* five days before the date */      put p= :datetime9. (d h) (= :date9.);    run;    /* on log    p=24JUN2011 d=24JUN2011 h=19JUN2011    */ ... View more

in case bncoxuk wanted to "recode" using a format:    /* a test dataset */    data one;      a=18; b=19; output;      a=15; b=24; output;    run;    /* recoding using a format */    proc format;       value level        0-< 5 = 1        5-<10 = 2       10-<15 = 3       15-<20 = 4       20-<25 = 5       other = .;    run;    /* recoding */    data two;       set one;       a = input(put(a, level.), best.);       b = input(put(b, level.), best.);    run;    /* check */    proc print data=two;    run;    /* on lst    Obs    a    b     1     4    4     2     4    5    */ ... View more

Given that the data don't include cycles, this is an elementary exercise of traversing a tree (or trees). It is a pity that we cannot pass (hash) object references to user-written functions. If it were possible, then I would have written the recursive part as a user-written function. Here, I use the link blocks instead. The link blocks allow recursive "calls" up to 10 or 11 deep by default. But this limit can be relaxed by using the stack= option to the data statement. (This option is now documented in 9.2.) You need to create and manage call stacks by yourself, though.    /* test data */    data one;       input boss $ sub $;    cards;    Jim Kate    Lisa Jim    Dave Lisa    Dave Erik    Anna Mary    Anna Ben    Erik Anna    . Dave    Mary Tom   <-- new data    Mary Bill  <-- new data    ;    run;    /* find all the subs */    %let maxDepth = 100;    data _null_ / stack=&maxDepth;       /* main */       link setup;       do until (end);          set one end=end;          thisBoss = boss;          link find;       end;       link out;       return;       /* helpers */       setup:          /* hashes */          dcl hash in(dataset:"work.one", multidata:'y');          in.definekey('boss');          in.definedata('boss','sub');          in.definedone();          dcl hash out(ordered:'yes');          out.definekey('boss','sub');          out.definedata('boss','sub');          out.definedone();          /* const and global vars */          retain OK 0;          length thisBoss $8;          /* call stack */          array stack_boss[&maxDepth] $8 _temporary_;          array stack_sub[&maxDepth] $8 _temporary_;          array stack_rc[&maxDepth] _temporary_;          array stack_i[&maxDepth] _temporary_;          array stack_j[&maxDepth] _temporary_;          stack_top = 0;       return;       add:          out.add(key:thisboss, key:sub, data:thisboss, data:sub);       return;       find:          link push;          if missing(thisboss) | missing(sub) then goto outoffind; /* no point adding */          if out.check(key:thisBoss, key:sub)=OK then goto outoffind; /* already there*/          link add;          /* follow */          boss = sub;          sub = '';          /* find_next() gets reset as soon as another find() is called.             thus we have to call find() and the number of find_next()                for each sibling here. 😞 */          do i = 0 by 1 until(rc^=OK);             rc = in.find();             do j = 1 to i;                rc = in.find_next();             end;             if rc = OK then link find;          end;          outoffind:          link pop;       return;       pop:          boss = stack_boss[top];          sub = stack_sub[top];          rc = stack_rc[top];          i = stack_i[top];          j = stack_j[top];          top + (-1);       return;       push:          top + 1;          if top > &maxDepth then do;             put "ERROR: stack overflow";             stop;          end;          stack_boss[top] = boss;          stack_sub[top] = sub;          stack_rc[top] = rc;          stack_i[top] = i;          stack_j[top] = j;       return;       out:          rc = out.output(dataset:"work.two");       return;    run;    /* check */    proc print data=two;    run;    /* on lst    Obs    boss    sub      1    Anna    Ben      2    Anna    Bill      3    Anna    Mary      4    Anna    Tom      5    Dave    Anna      6    Dave    Ben      7    Dave    Bill      8    Dave    Erik      9    Dave    Jim     10    Dave    Kate     11    Dave    Lisa     12    Dave    Mary     13    Dave    Tom     14    Erik    Anna     15    Erik    Ben     16    Erik    Bill     17    Erik    Mary     18    Erik    Tom     19    Jim     Kate     20    Lisa    Jim     21    Lisa    Kate     22    Mary    Bill     23    Mary    Tom    */ ... View more

Interesting that you mentioned the symget function. I remember vividly this sas-l thread about the certification exam but also about the not-well-known-back-then (and now either, it seems) symget function. 🙂 ... View more

Here is one way that does not require neither do loops or arrays.    data one;       input m1-m12;    cards;    0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0    1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0    0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 6 0    ;    run;    data two;       set one;       zero = sum(m1=0,m2=0,m3=0,m4=0,m5=0,m6=0,         m7=0,m8=0,m9=0,m10=0,m11=0,m12=0);       nonzero = 12 - zero;       put nonzero=;    run; ... View more

Either one below works as well.    where store like '%MACY''S%'      where index(store, "MACY'S") ... View more

Instead of parsing the log file, I would recommend using the Application Response Measurement (ARM) API. This sas-l posting with links may help. The reference manual is here. ... View more