Dear SAS-L-ers,

Art posted the following:

> Tom, > > I haven't and can't try it at the moment, but will the method described > in > the following paper work? : > http://www.codecraftersinc.com/pdf/RemoveMacroVariables.pdf >

Art, ah, that paper is located on the web site of SAS legend and consultant extraordinaire Frank DiIorio.

http://support.sas.com/community/newsletters/news/powertalk/diiorio.html

Coincidentally, Frank was here on the SAS Mecca campus last Friday to present two of his papers:

Building the Better Macro: Best Practices for the Design of Reliable, Effective Tools

http://www.nesug.org/Proceedings/nesug10/ff/ff03.pdf

...and:

%whatChanged: A Tool for the Well-Behaved Macro

http://www.nesug.org/Proceedings/nesug10/bb/bb02.pdf

SAS-L-ers may want to take a look at both papers, as they do make good reading!

Best of luck in all your SAS endeavors!

I hope that this suggestion proves helpful now, and in the future!

Of course, all of these opinions and insights are my own, and do not reflect those of my organization or my associates. All SAS code and/or methodologies specified in this posting are for illustrative purposes only and no warranty is stated or implied as to their accuracy or applicability. People deciding to use information in this posting do so at their own risk.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Michael A. Raithel "The man who wrote the book on performance" E-mail: MichaelRaithel@westat.com

Author: Tuning SAS Applications in the MVS Environment

Author: Tuning SAS Applications in the OS/390 and z/OS Environments, Second Edition http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/bookdetails.jsp?catid=1&pc=58172

Author: The Complete Guide to SAS Indexes http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/bookdetails.jsp?catid=1&pc=60409

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ All the great legends are Templates for human behavior. I would define a myth as a story that has survived. - John Boorman +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++