Date:         Sun, 15 Apr 2007 22:25:04 +0000
Reply-To:     toby dunn <tobydunn@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         toby dunn <tobydunn@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Repeat running one macro multiple times.
Comments: To: gerhard.hellriegel@T-ONLINE.DE
Comments: cc: aijingaustin@GMAIL.COM
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Or better yet just do it in a Data _Null_ and forget about the Macro
wrapper.

Data _Null_ ;
Call Execute( Repeat( '%Test' , 10 ) ) ;
Run ;

Toby Dunn

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From: Gerhard Hellriegel <gerhard.hellriegel@T-ONLINE.DE>
Reply-To: Gerhard Hellriegel <gerhard.hellriegel@T-ONLINE.DE>
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: Repeat running one macro multiple times.
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 15:22:39 -0400

Thats simple: use

%do i=1 %to 10;
.....

What would be even better:

%macro repeat(reps);
   %do i=1 %to &reps;
      %test;
   %end;
%mend;
%repeat(10);


Gerhard


On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 10:39:58 -0400, Howard Schreier <hs AT dc-sug DOT org>
<nospam@HOWLES.COM> wrote:

 >On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 01:01:58 -0400, Jing <aijingaustin@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
 >
 >>Hi, there,
 >>
 >>I have a very simple question to ask regarding macro. I have written a
 >>macro,say,%test. And I want to repeat running this macro multiple times
 >>(say, 10 times). I think in that case, I need to write a higher level
 >>macro, say %repeat, to do this repetition. I figured the general form is
 >>like:
 >> %macro repeat;
 >> %do ?;
 >> %test;
 >> %end;
 >> %mend repeat;
 >> %repeat;
 >> run;
 >>However, I am not sure how I can fill in the "?" after "%do" in order to
 >>execute %test 10 times. Can anyone help me with that?
 >
 >Look at the documentation for the %DO statement.
 >
 >>
 >>Thank you very much!
 >>
 >>Best,
 >>Jing

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