Date:         Wed, 6 Aug 2003 16:19:09 -0400
Reply-To:     Ian Whitlock <WHITLOI1@WESTAT.COM>
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From:         Ian Whitlock <WHITLOI1@WESTAT.COM>
Subject:      Macro/LOG interaction curiosity
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Is anyone else uneasy about this log?  The code executes as intended, but I
am bothered by the splitting of the token SET on the log.  I think that SET
should appear on one line, since I would like the log to be a faithful
report of processing.  I do not care whether the macro call is on the same
line as written or separate line.

112  %macro splitline ;
113     %put ;
114  %mend  splitline ;
115
116  data w ;
117     x = 1 ;
118  run ;

NOTE: The data set WORK.W has 1 observations and 1 variables.
NOTE: DATA statement used:
      real time           0.02 seconds
      cpu time            0.01 seconds


119
120  data _null_ ;
121     s

121!     et %splitline ;
122     put _all_ ;
123  run ;

x=1 _ERROR_=0 _N_=1
NOTE: There were 1 observations read from the data set WORK.W.
NOTE: DATA statement used:
      real time           0.01 seconds
      cpu time            0.01 seconds

The problem appears to be caused by the location of the %PUT in the macro.
When it occurs before any generated code the preceding token is messed up on
the log.

IanWhitlock@westat.com