Not commentary so much as a subtle reminder to check the SAS SQL manual for Create table like xyz; Sig On Mon, 4 Mar 2002 14:30:48 -0500, Fehd, Ronald J. <rjf2@CDC.GOV> wrote:

>while polishing my (in)famous 800-lb gorilla/800-line program >I saw that it would make debugging immensely easier >if I copied structures from the library members soon to be appended to. > >DATA XY;X = 1;Y=2;OUTPUT;STOP; >DATA YX;Y = 1;X=2;OUTPUT;STOP; >DATA XYZ; >if 0 then set XY;%*copy structure; > %*(obs=0) not needed; >set YX; >PROC PRINT data = XYZ; >RUN; > >commentary? > >Ron Fehd the macro maven CDC Atlanta GA USA RJF2@cdc.gov > >If you think I know what I'm doing >it's probably because you know even less about it. >-- Pot-Shots by Ashleigh Brilliant