Date:         Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:54:16 +0000
Reply-To:     "Fehd, Ronald J. (CDC/OCOO/ITSO)" <rjf2@CDC.GOV>
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From:         "Fehd, Ronald J. (CDC/OCOO/ITSO)" <rjf2@CDC.GOV>
Subject:      Re: Conditional Macro
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<sigh> defensive programming

%let Gastro=y;

%if %upcase(&Gastro.) eq Y %then %do;

Ron Fehd  previously on-or-off-de-fence

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-sas-l@listserv.uga.edu [mailto:owner-sas-l@listserv.uga.edu]
> On Behalf Of Adams, Nicholas
> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 9:45 AM
> To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Conditional Macro
>
> I have a program that has a series of data steps and proc sqls.  I have one
> section of it that I want to run if a condition is true.  I set a macro variable
> called gastro at the begining of the code to be either Y of N.  I cant seen to
> get the syntax right of running the section of code conditionally.
>
>
> example
>
> %let Gastro='Y';
>
> Proc Sql and Data steps
>
> %if &Gastro=Y %then %do;
>
> Data Steps
>
> %end;
>
> Rest of Proc Sql and Data Steps
>
>
>
>
> Thanks,  Nick
>
>
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