Date:         Tue, 23 May 2000 11:36:51 -0400
Reply-To:     WHITLOI1 <WHITLOI1@WESTAT.COM>
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From:         WHITLOI1 <WHITLOI1@WESTAT.COM>
Subject:      Re: Clarification: How to find out the name of the Macro exec
Comments: To: Dennis Diskin <Dennis.Diskin.B@BAYER.COM>
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Dennis,

Here is a simple solution that depends on one line of code in each macro.

    %local macname ;

I have written macro Q as SQL code however one could write NEWQ using %SYSFUNC
and DATA step functions to read the view and hence avoid step boundaries.  In
this case one could
add

    %let macname = %newq() ;

to fill in the value of macname.  Here is my test code.

%macro a (dummy) ;
   %local macname ;
   %q()
   %put executing &macname ;
   %b
   %q()
   %put executing &macname ;
%mend a ;

%macro b (dummy) ;
    %local macname ;
    %q() ;
    %put Now executing &macname ;
%mend q ;

%macro q (dummy) ;
    proc sql noprint ;
        options nolabel ;
        select scope into: macname
          from dictionary.macros
          where name = "MACNAME" ;
       ;
    quit ;
%mend  q ;

%a()

Ian whitlock <whitloi1@westat.com>

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Subject:    Clarification: How to find out the name of the Macro executi
Author: Dennis Diskin <Dennis.Diskin.B@BAYER.COM>
Date:       5/23/2000 10:42 AM

Thanks all but, I guess I was not clear enough.  My question is:
Can I find out the name of the macro from within the macro code without
hardcoding it into the program?
Ie. is there a system macro variable/function or sashelp view that might have
this info ?


> Is there any way to find out the name of the currently executing macro or
> where
> the macro was called from ?
>
> Dennis Diskin