Date:         Tue, 14 Jul 1998 16:33:15 -0400
Reply-To:     Douglas Dame <dougdame@HPE.UFL.EDU>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         Douglas Dame <dougdame@HPE.UFL.EDU>
Subject:      Re: %INCLUDE on MVS 6.09
Comments: cc: Mary Esther Colwell <Mary_Esther_Colwell@FFIC.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <9807141936.AA9793@notesgw.compuserve.com>
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Mary Esther Colwell wrote:
 
>
> Is there any advantage to using multiple '%include' rather
> than having the code in one program?
>
 
 
In addition to the previous answers, the original programmer/s used may have
this technique to:
 
  * modularize the program for developing/testing (a %include being very
easy to "turn off" once that part of the data processing has been perfected
and a non-work SAS dataset has been created to save the results),
 
        or
 
  * simply to make the structure and flow of the program more obvious (e.g.,
if the %included code amounts to 20, 60, or 200 pages of code).
 
I do not believe there is a significant impact machine-wise either way, the
primary benefit (in this case) is how it helps the programmer/s organize the
source code.
 
HTH
 
Douglas Dame
Shands HealthCare -- Gainesville FL