scottwh@AMAZON.COM wrote: > >Hi folks, > >I was wondering if there was a way to pass a macro into another macro. >For example, say I have the following macro: > >%macro select1(); > select count(apples) from sometable; >%mend; > >%macro select2(); > select count(oranges) from sometable; >%mend; > > >%macro run_query(query) > > <Do stuff...> > > proc sql .... > <Run the query macro here> > > <Do other stuff...> > >&mend; > >Then I could the same run_query macro with either of the select macros >passed into it. Is this possible? > >Thanks, >Scott

Umm, what are you trying to do here?

Are you trying to *pass* a macro into another macro, or are you trying to pass a *parameter* to another macro, or are you trying to add a parameter to a macro call to improve an old macro?

Try not to make things too complicated. That's not good for the most important kind of efficiency: programmer efficiency. :-)

HTH, David -- David L. Cassell mathematical statistician Design Pathways 3115 NW Norwood Pl. Corvallis OR 97330

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