SAS FOUNDATION COURSE OVERVIEW

SAS Macro Language 1: Essentials

Duration
2 days

Delivery
Classroom

This course focuses on the components of the SAS macro facility and how to design, write, and debug macro systems. Emphasis is placed on understanding how programs with macro code are processed.

create and use SAS date values and constants use SAS procedures such as SORT, PRINT, CONTENTS, MEANS, FREQ, TABULATE, and CHART.

Learn how to:

perform text substitution in SAS code automate and customise the production of SAS code conditionally or iteratively construct SAS code use macro variables and macro functions.

Course contents:
Introduction to the Macro Facility course logistics purpose of the macro facility program flow. Macro Variables introduction to macro variables automatic macro variables macro variable references user-defined macro variables delimiting macro variable names macro functions. Macro Definitions defining and calling a macro macro parameters macro storage (self-study). DATA Step and SQL Interfaces creating macro variables in the DATA step indirect references to macro variables retrieving macro variables in the DATA step (self-study) creating macro variables in SQL. Macro Programs conditional processing parameter validation iterative processing global and local symbol tables.

Course code
MAC1

Online registration
www.sas.com/uk/education/ courses/mac1.html

Who should attend:

Experienced SAS programmers who have a sound understanding of DATA step processing and who want to write SAS programs that are reusable and dynamic

Prerequisites:

UK CONTACT INFORMATION

www.sas.com/uk/education 0845 402 9902 education@suk.sas.com

Before attending this course, you should have completed the SAS Programming 2: Data Manipulation Techniques course or have equivalent knowledge. Specifically, you should be able to: use a DATA step to read from or write to a SAS data set or external file use DATA step programming statements such as IF-THEN/ELSE, DO WHILE, DO UNTIL, and iterative DO use SAS data set options such as DROP=, KEEP=, and OBS= use character functions such as SUBSTR, SCAN, INDEX, and UPCASE form subsets of data using the WHERE clause

See over for Training Path

Learning More SAS resources other recommended courses.

Software addressed:
This course addresses the following software product: Base SAS .

This course is appropriate for learners who are using SAS 8 or SAS 9 software.

Training Path for Programmers/Analysts

For SAS Programmers SAS Certified Base Programmer Fast Track Training Preparation for Base Programmer Certification SAS Programming 1: Essentials SAS Programming 2: Data Manipulation Techniques SAS Enterprise Guide for Experienced SAS Programmers

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Training Preparation for Advanced Programmer Certification SAS Macro Language 1: Essentials SAS SQL 1: Essentials SAS Programming 3: Advanced Techniques and Efficiencies SAS Macro Language 2: Developing Macro Applications

For SAS Enterprise Guide Users SAS Programming Essentials for Experienced SAS Enterprise Guide Users

SAS Enterprise Guide 1: Querying and Reporting

SAS Enterprise Guide 2: Advanced Tasks and Querying

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