Blocks, Not Lines

Tuesday, 30 October, 2012

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Debugging SAS macros can be irksome. But Paul D Sherman’s paper SAS/MACRO® NOTES: Lines and Columns in the Log certainly helps clarify what the SAS Log is refering to.

Unlike open code, where LINE refers to the actual line of source code, the macro “line” is actually a block of statements.


Blocks, Not Lines - October 30, 2012 - Richard Koopmann