Below is a section of my macro for creating a Kaplan-Meier curve with at-risk counts under the x-axis.  I used to have this work just fine, but now it consistently puts the first two columns where they sould be but then moves all others up one row.  Can anyone see in my code what was wrong?  I would assume that the error lies in the 10th lines of the code below.  The curve can be found in the attached file, and you can assume that &atrisk.=Y. title; footnote; %do i=1 %to &cols.;       /* Prepare horizontal axis to display at-risk counts */       %if &atrisk.=Y %then %do;             %let tickstat=;             %do j=0 %to &nticks.;                   %let tickval=%eval(&j.*5);                   %let trtval=%scan(&&risk_a&i.,%eval(&j+1),'|');                   %let cntrlval=%scan(&&risk_b&i.,%eval(&j+1),'|');                   %let tickstat=&tickstat. tick=%eval(&j.+1) "&tickval." j=l ' ' ' ' j=c "&trtval." j=c "&cntrlval.";             %end;             %put &tickstat.;             axis1 order=(0 to &xaxis. by 5) minor=(number=4) label=(height=1.25 "&timeaxis. from Randomzation") value=(height=1 &tickstat.);       %end;             %else %do;                   axis1 order=(0 to &xaxis. by 5) minor=(number=4) label=(height=1.25 "&timeaxis. from Randomzation") value=(height=1);             %end;       proc sort data=sdfdata&i.;             by stratum descending survival;       run;       %let risklab1=%sysfunc(substr(&stratlab1.,1,8));       %let risklab2=%sysfunc(substr(&stratlab2.,1,8));       title1 h=1.5 justify=center "Kaplan-Meier &main. Curves - &&grouplab&i.";       title2 h=1.25 justify=center "(&pop. Population)";       proc gplot data=sdfdata&i.;             note height=1 j=left font=swissl                   %if &atrisk.=Y %then %do;                         move=(0,6) "Patients at Risk"                         move=(0,4.7) "&risklab1."                         move=(0,3.3) "&risklab2."                   %end;         ;             plot survrate1*survtime survrate2*survtime censvalue*survtime / overlay haxis=axis1 vaxis=axis2 legend=legend1;             symbol1 i=stepj l=20 color=black;             symbol2 i=stepj l=1 color=black;             symbol3 i=none v=plus color=black;       run;       quit; %end; This may seem cumbersome, but here is the log output for the %put &tickstat.; statement: tick=1 "0" j=l ' ' ' ' j=c "14" j=c "22" tick=2 "5" j=l ' ' ' ' j=c "13" j=c "19" tick=3 "10" j=l ' ' ' ' j=c "8" j=c "6" tick=4 "15" j=l ' ' ' ' j=c "8" j=c "4" tick=5 "20" j=l ' ' ' ' j=c "2" j=c "1" tick=6 "25" j=l ' ' ' ' j=c "1" j=c "1" tick=7 "30" j=l ' ' ' ' j=c "1" j=c "1" tick=8 "35" j=l ' ' ' ' j=c "1" j=c "" tick=9 "40" j=l ' ' ' ' j=c "1" j=c "" tick=10 "45" j=l ' ' ' ' j=c "1" j=c "" tick=11 "50" j=l ' ' ' ' j=c "1" j=c "" tick=12 "55" j=l ' ' ' ' j=c "1" j=c "" tick=13 "60" j=l ' ' ' ' j=c "1" j=c "" tick=14 "65" j=l ' ' ' ' j=c "" j=c "" ... View more

My company allows each employee to take 2 training courses a year.  It is helpful to have them planned out before the year begins so they can budget for the training expenses.  Does anyone know when SAS tends to release their training course schedules?  I believe I have also noticed that they do it at 6-month intervals.  When are those?  I can never remember. ... View more

I was just recently exposed to %NRSTR, so I am not familiar enough to answer my own question. I used to have a macro that would ask for two stratification labels (STRATLAB1 and STRATLAB2) as well as a group label (GROUPLAB).  My tratification labels used to be FR(++) and FR(+) with a group label being "FR(++) vs. FR(+)".  Our company has now changed the naming convention to be FR(100%) in place of FR(++) and FR(10-90%) in place of FR(+). My macro call used to look like this (This is very simplified.  My actual macro actually receives up to 25 parameters.): %efficacyreport(stratlab1=%str(FR(++)), stratlab2=%str(FR(+)), grouplab1=%nrstr(FR(++) vs. FR(+))); Now, I am trying to run it like this, which is giving me errors: %efficacyreport(stratlab1=%nrstr(FR(100%)), stratlab2=%nrstr(FR(10-90%)), grouplab1=%nrstr(FR(100%) vs. FR(10-90%))); Can someone tell me if I have a syntax error?  I assume it is the % within the %NRSTR that is causing the problem becuase when I call the macro, the SAS log will not do anything (no errors, no warnings, no notes), and I cannot run other code.  If I run ); four times, then it spits out errors: ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: a name, a quoted string, a numeric constant, a datetime constant,               a missing value, INPUT, PUT. The code inside the macro that is causing this macro looks like this (nothing wrong syntactically): data efficacy;       set &efficacydata.;       strata=&strata.;       survtime=&survtime.;       censorflag=&censorflag.; run; where &efficacydata, &strata, &survtime, and &censorflag are input parameters with the macro.  The error message has the semi-colons underlined with a 22, and then gives me the ERROR 22-322 message.  I am sure that is has something to do with my % signs within the %NRSTR function.  This is why I have to submit ); four times to close the macro call. Any thoughts? ... View more

I am trying to use a %do loop in a macro, but it does not appear that I can increment by fractions.  I am trying to increment by 0.25, but I get the following errors: ERROR: A character operand was found in the %EVAL function or %IF condition where a numeric operand is required. The condition        was: 0.5 ERROR: The %BY value of the %DO K loop is invalid. Here is an example of a macro that works: %macro agree();       data test;             %do k=1 %to 10 %by 2;                   result=&k.;                   output;             %end;       run; %mend agree; %agree(); Here is an example of a macro that does not work when I change the %by value to a fraction: %macro agree();       data test;             %do k=1 %to 10 %by 0.25;                   result=&k.;                   output;             %end;       run; %mend agree; %agree(); This is not an example of what I am doing.  I am just trying to illustrate that the loop doesn't increment on fraction.  Is it possible to use a %do loop while incrementing by a fraction? ... View more

I have a macro variable that I split up into X number of macro variables, each macro variable storing a number.  I want to sum up those number.  I cannot get the code below to work properly.  Can anyone help me figure out how to use the SUM() function with macro variables? %macro enrollment(rampdata=);      %let rampmo=%sysfunc(countw(&rampdata.,'|'));      %put &rampmo.;      %do i=1 %to &rampmo.;           %let ramp&i.=%scan(&rampdata.,&i.,'|');           %let ramp&i.=%sysfunc(compress(&&ramp&i.));           %put &&ramp&i.;      %end;      %let rampsum=%eval(sum(OF ramp1-ramp&rampmo.));     /* I know this is wrong, and I tried different way here.  Can't figure it out. */      %put &steadymo.; %mend enrollment; %enrollment(rampdata=0|1|2|2|4|4|5|6|8|8|13|10|10); ... View more