Date:         Thu, 18 Nov 1999 19:25:09 -0500
Reply-To:     Jon Weisz <jonweisz@BELLSOUTH.NET>
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From:         Jon Weisz <jonweisz@BELLSOUTH.NET>
Subject:      Re: include macro question
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UPDATE

%macro exapmle(dataset,variable);
data &dataset;
 set &dataset;
 var1= &variable +1;
run;

%mend example;

to execute the macro program you will need to submit:

%example(&dataset,&variable) from program #2

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In article <811iol$6ik$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, Kyle Dane <kyledane@my-deja.com>
wrote:


> I'm interested in a solution to the following problem.  I know I can
> simply copy the code from one SAS program to another, but I foresee this
> as something I'll want to do regularly in the future so bear with me.
>
> I have an existing program (program #1) that I want to use within
> another program (#2).  I understand that I can call #1 from #2 with the
> macro command %include '<#1>'.
>
> But #1 has several proc and data steps, so I want to pass the arguments
> <dataset> and <variable> into #1 from #2, so that statements such as
> these will complete themselves properly:
>
> data <dataset>;
>   set <dataset>;
>   var1=<variable>+1;
>
> Thanks in advance for anyone who can give me a solution.
> --
> Kyle Dane
> Programmer/Analyst
> UCSF Division of Geriatrics
> kdane@medicine.ucsf.edu
>
>
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