Date:         Wed, 24 Nov 2004 13:25:49 -0600
Reply-To:     "Dunn, Toby" <Toby.Dunn@TEA.STATE.TX.US>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Dunn, Toby" <Toby.Dunn@TEA.STATE.TX.US>
Subject:      Re: Problem with %scatmat
Comments: To: "Pardee, Roy" <pardee.r@GHC.ORG>
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Roy,
 
 
I am not sure why you are using %include on a %macro?
 
 
Okay when defining a %macro one can use either no parameters (here is were its best I think to use a %include instead of %macro), positional parameters, and keyword parameters.
 
Where using keyword parameters will allow the macro to have defaults set so that the user does not have to input all parameters.  
 
if the macro was invoked say without these keyword parameters set in the macro call, and they were not defaulted, you get the error you are seeing.
 
My best advice would be to not %include the macro, but rather move the definition to the autocall lib, and then invoke like a normal macro definition, but this time specify width = <some width> and interp = <with an appropriate value>.
 
HTH
Toby Dunn

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From: SAS(r) Discussion on behalf of Pardee, Roy
Sent: Wed 11/24/2004 1:07 PM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Problem with %scatmat



Hey All,

I'm trying to make use of Michael Friendly's %scatmat macro, which
creates scatterplot matrices.  It's available & documented at:

http://www.math.yorku.ca/SCS/sssg/scatmat.html

When I save that macro (and its dependencies) off to a file & then
%include it into my program & try to run the sample code on that page, I
get this in my log:

MPRINT(SCATMAT):   * default symbol height, if hsym not specified;
MPRINT(SCATMAT):   ht = scan('1.4 2.3 3 3.7 4.2 4.5 5 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6
5.7',nvar,' ');
MPRINT(SCATMAT):   call symput('HT',trim(left(put(ht,3.1))));
MPRINT(SCATMAT):   RUN;
INFO: Character variables have defaulted to a length of 200 at the
places given by: (Line):(Column). Truncation may result.
      525:107  ht
MPRINT(SCATMAT):   *-- How many levels of group variable? --;
MPRINT(SCATMAT):   proc freq data = gnu;
MPRINT(SCATMAT):   tables gp / noprint out=_DATA_;
MPRINT(SCATMAT):   data _null_;
MPRINT(SCATMAT):   set _LAST_(obs=1) nobs=ngroups;
MPRINT(SCATMAT):   call symput( 'NGROUPS', put(ngroups,3.) );
MPRINT(SCATMAT):   run;
ERROR: The keyword parameter INTERP was not defined with the macro.
ERROR: The keyword parameter WIDTH was not defined with the macro.
MPRINT(SCATMAT):  ;

I'm running sas v8.2 on win2k.  Has anybody seen this &/or does anybody
have advice for me?

Thanks!

-Roy

Roy Pardee
Research Analyst/Programmer
Center For Health Studies (Cancer Research Network)
Group Health Cooperative
(206) 287-2078

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