Re: Running SAS programs from within a SAS program
Keith, You can use a series of %include statements naming the programs in the order you want to call them in. %include "drive:\your_folder\program name.txt" ; Mah-J M. Soobader, PhD Principal consultant STATWORKS www.statworks.com -----Original Message----- From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On Behalf Of Keith W. Larson Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 10:32 PM To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: Running SAS programs from within a SAS program Dear All, I have several small(ish) SAS programs that convert and format DBF files. Thanks to all who helped solve...

Re: Running a SAS program within a SAS program #2
Kathleen Based on your subject, my immediate impulse was %inlude() where you put a fileref in the quotes. However, I think you want to do something else. You say that you have individual programs that produce a set for each year. Do you store these sets somewhere or do you run the programs when you want data for a given year. I would suggest that you first get a collection of these yearly sets and run a contents on each one. Then, write a program similar to Data mylib.combined; set mylib.year1(rename = (Dates = Date ....)) mylib.year2(rename= (Sdates=Date....)) ..... ; The idea would be to get rid of the variations in the variable names. You could simply copy in the individual programs into one honking big program and keep running this until you get a uniform combined set but you will use a lot of machine cycles doing this. Assuming that you have to make several passes at the data in order to get things right, I would work from stored data sets where all you are doing is changing the rename statements. Good luck Nat Wooding Environmental Specialist III Dominion, Environmental Biology 4111 Castlewood Rd Richmond, VA 23234 Phone:804-271-5313, Fax: 804-271-2977 Kathleen Santos <flowerpotcat@GMA IL.COM> To Sent by: "SAS(r) SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Discussion" cc <SAS-...

Re: Running a SAS program within a SAS program #3
Kathleen, You can use %INCLUDE in a SAS program to call other SAS programs. Jack Clark Research Analyst Center for Health Program Development and Management University of Maryland, Baltimore County -----Original Message----- From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Kathleen Santos Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 12:55 PM To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: Running a SAS program within a SAS program Hello, I would like to combine multi years of data into one. Each year has a particular data set and a particular program to create a SAS dataset. However, not all programs are the same (e.g. variable names may change throughout the years). What I would like to do is to create one program that would call on the other programs to create SAS datasets. Then I'll integrate them together and do whatever I it is I need to do. I hope someone can help me. Thanks. Kathleen ...

Running SAS programs from within a SAS program
Dear All, I have several small(ish) SAS programs that convert and format DBF files. Thanks to all who helped solve formatting problems. I would like to create a master SAS program that calls each one in sequence. Any ideas? Cheers, Keith __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com Keith, You can use a series of %include statements naming the programs in the order you want to call them in. %include "drive:\your_folder\program name.txt" ; Mah-J M. Soobader, PhD Principal consultant STATWORKS www.s...

Running a SAS program within a SAS program
Hello, I would like to combine multi years of data into one. Each year has a particular data set and a particular program to create a SAS dataset. However, not all programs are the same (e.g. variable names may change throughout the years). What I would like to do is to create one program that would call on the other programs to create SAS datasets. Then I'll integrate them together and do whatever I it is I need to do. I hope someone can help me. Thanks. Kathleen ...

Re: Possible to run a SAS program within another SAS program? #3
why just last week, we discussed this: Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 11:01:30 -0500 Subject: Re: Running SAS programs from within a SAS program http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0511C&L=sas-l&P=R33664 Ron Fehd the %include maven CDC Atlanta GA USA RJF2 at cdc dot gov > -----Original Message----- > From: osei the dude > Hello, I have 9 SAS programs, all within the same Windows > folder that I > usually run at the same time - one right after the other. For > convenience, is it possible to write a simple SAS program > that will let > me run ...

Re: Possible to run a SAS program within another SAS program? #6
On Wed, 7 Dec 2005 22:32:49 -0800, oseithedude@GMAIL.COM wrote: >nevin.krishna@gmail.com wrote: >> You could use the %include statement to call a specified program. >> for example : >> >> %include "c:\documents and settings\nkrishna\my >> documents\macros\upcase_mac.sas"; >> >> where upcase_mac.sas is a program stored in the above path..so you >> could write an include statement for each program and then copy and >> paste them into any order you need..unless of course i am >> misunderstanding your needs..:-) >> >...

How to run several SAS programs in one sas Program
Hi, Is it possible to run several SAS programs in one sas Program. I can use the %INCLUDE, but is there another way? Tx On Mar 18, 5:31=A0am, laika <michel.verhe...@axa.be> wrote: > Hi, > > Is it possible to run several SAS programs in one sas Program. I can > use the %INCLUDE, but is there another way? > > Tx If you want to read each program as a separate batch program you can use SYSTASK. systask (or %systask) is a good option. If you want to run several programs on different machines (local or remote) then "rsubmit" could be of use:...

Re: Can a SAS program call another SAS program
> From: David Fickbohm > I am writing a report that counts the number of widgets produced by > partners. I have a small routine that finds the partners id > number and > name. Obviously I could copy this code into my program and > execute it. I was wondering if there was a more elegant way > of "Calling" a SAS program > from within a SAS program. > I am running SAS 8.1 in windows. still!?!? surely that is a typo: 9.1? i.e.: -The- 9.1==9.1.3 include it: - - - subRoutineX.sas - - - *...; - - - subRoutineX.sas end - - - - - - autoexec.sas - - - filen...

Re: Can a SAS program call another SAS program #2
Dave, What you want to do can be done with %include. Bob Abelson HGSI 240 314 4400 x1374 bob_abelson@hgsi.com David Fickbohm <DavidF@HOMEGAIN.COM> Sent by: "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> 10/15/2004 04:05 PM Please respond to David Fickbohm To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU cc: Subject: Can a SAS program call another SAS program People, I am writing a report that counts the number of widgets produced by partners. I have a small routine that finds the partners id number and name. Obviously I could copy this code into my...

Re: Reusing code from SAS Program in another SAS Program #4
In response to a question by Keith, Paul Choate suggested using %INC. The suggestion is reasonable, but not his explanation. Since %INC is a macro you can put it anywhere in open code and it will read the code snippet during compilation. %INC is neither a macro nor a macro instruction. It is one of a few old SAS commands that begin with a %-sign and predate the current macro language. This can be shown by a batch job run with the option NOMACRO. Here is the log. NOTE: SAS (r) Proprietary Software Release 8.2 (TS2M0) Licensed to The SAS Learning Edition V2.0, Site ...

Re: Can a SAS program call another SAS program #3
Dear SAS-L-ers, David Fickbohm posted the following: > I am writing a report that counts the number of widgets produced by > partners. I have a small routine that finds the partners id > number and > name. Obviously I could copy this code into my program and > execute it. I was wondering if there was a more elegant way > of "Calling" a SAS program > from within a SAS program. I am running SAS 8.1 in windows. > David, there sure is a more elegant way; and a simple one at that! Simply use the %INCLUDE statement. The %INCLUDE statement allows you to in...

Re: Reusing code from SAS Program in another SAS Program #5
Ian, I agree with your statement: "Well maybe it is best postponed to the time Keith shows that parameterization would be helpful to him." If it does turn out that parameterization would be helpful to him, he is in luck. I will agree to offer him, and SAS-L, the best example that my understanding of the SAS Component Language and my meager skills will allow. And I hope you, and as many other mmmm's as possible, will do likewise with the SAS Macro Language. I hope it has become apparent to you and other mmmm's that the SAS Component Language can handle whole classes of pr...

Re: SAS Advanced Programming Exam for SAS 9: SAS Joke of the year.
I took the advanced exam this April because I wanted a relatively systematic way of assessing my knowledge of SAS in a short time span. For that purpose, it was worth it. Since I learn SAS by doing new tasks, or re-doing old tasks in a new way, I assume my knowledge of SAS is uneven, even though I am regarded as productive, and frequently creative in using SAS to solve our group's problems. I passed the test, with lower subscores on the components that I expected to be weakest on. I thought many of the questions made me think about some fundamental, sometimes subtle, features of the lan...

Re: Reusing code from SAS Program in another SAS Program #7 1547527
Hi Keith, is it exactly the same code (a) or only the same structure but with different variable names in it (b) ? (a) you may save the "IF code" in a separate member (let's say IFcode) and simply %INCLUDE that member within your various data stes. FILENAME xxx FILENAME xxx 'a.b.c.' DISP=shr; DATA ... SET ... %INCLUDE xxx(IFcode); run; (b) you could use the same technique but with macro logic in order to set the variable names dynamically before including IFcode does this help ? Regards Roland -----Original Message----- From: SA...

Re: Reusing code from SAS Program in another SAS Program #6 1547525
Keith, You have two choices: 1st.: create macros containing your if statements and store them either in a user or public macro library. 2nd.: Create text files contaiing your if statements save them in a PDS and %include them in your program. Toby Dunn From: Keith <kmccall00@CHARTER.NET> Reply-To: Keith <kmccall00@CHARTER.NET> To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: Reusing code from SAS Program in another SAS Program Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 15:23:07 -0700 I write SAS programs on the Mainframe. I have several programming steps in multiple programs that use the same IF state...

Re: Reusing code from SAS Program in another SAS Program #7 647546
Ian Whitlock wrote: > %INC is neither a macro nor a macro instruction. It is one of a > few old SAS commands that begin with a %-sign and predate the > current macro language. %RUN and %LIST are two others; is that a complete list? The MACRO statement is also not disabled by OPTIONS NOMACRO, but it doesn't start with a percent sign. -- Jack Hamilton Oakland, California ...

Re: SAS Advanced Programming Exam for SAS 9: SAS Joke of the year. #8
On Tue, 4 Sep 2007, Alan Churchill wrote: > It seems that a test like this would toss me out of the pool from the > get-go. Heck, maybe that's what the goal would be ;-] Well then, maybe the rest of us might have a chance then :) Given that I have not used SAS regularly in months, I would be hurting. Hopefully, I would not be tossed immediately either. Isn't one point of the test to allow a organization to call itself a partner or some other distinction? Maybe to be listed among companies on SI's websites? Kevin Kevin Viel, PhD Post-doctoral fellow Department of Geneti...

Re: SAS Advanced Programming Exam for SAS 9: SAS Joke of the year. #4
Ed , I still contend and stick with they should both be able to program and know how SAS works. I prefer the intervewing company give a test, were the person being interviewed is sat in front a laptop or desktop and told to write code to solve some problems. No online help no books just the persona nd the computer. This weeds out those who can code and those who cant, from those who can you then talk to them about the code they wrote and you can deduce those who understand how SAS works and thos who dont. The pool you are left with are the qualified candidates atleast from a SAS perspecti...

Re: SAS Advanced Programming Exam for SAS 9: SAS Joke of the year. #7
Well Toby, let me ask something then. Since I am not an ODS fan and haven't used proc report/tabulate for some time, would that be an automatic disqualifier since you don't allow reference books or materials? SAS does not provide tools that help me code ODS (except for EG) and therefore a reference material is all I would need. Now, it's not like I haven't used proc report (used it extensively at one time), it's just that I prefer other means to produce the final output. It seems that a test like this would toss me out of the pool from the get-go. Heck, maybe that's wh...

Re: SAS Advanced Programming Exam for SAS 9: SAS Joke of the year. #10
I actually think you are straight-jacketing the interview for a senior person. I would definitely look for someone who thought outside of the box. That may be ways of doing things other than macros or ODS or else putting a new spin on them. I ditched most of the macro language a decade ago, for example. As a hiring manager, I always went for creativity and not specific skills on hand and was very pleased with my hires. But hey, I don't hire anymore so it isn't something I have to face. BTW, no client has ever asked me for certification nor have I been quizzed on specific SAS knowledg...

Re: SAS Advanced Programming Exam for SAS 9: SAS Joke of the year. #11
Kevin, Thank you for the nice words...I am sure I wouldn't have a chance on any stat exam, BTW. What I am good at is being in an absolute crisis and trying to get it solved with no time on the clock. That is why I think in a quirky manner. When the obvious isn't working, take a different path because there is simply no time left. It's what I did at MCI, SAS, and now as an independent. ....and that skill will not be measured on a certification exam or plopping me in front of a PC to hammer out an example SAS program. For any candidate, I can pick up their technical level with a few questions and watching their reactions. Alan Alan Churchill Savian www.savian.net -----Original Message----- From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Kevin Roland Viel Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 4:02 PM To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: Re: SAS Advanced Programming Exam for SAS 9: SAS Joke of the year. On Tue, 4 Sep 2007, Alan Churchill wrote: > It seems that a test like this would toss me out of the pool from the > get-go. Heck, maybe that's what the goal would be ;-] Well then, maybe the rest of us might have a chance then :) Given that I have not used SAS regularly in months, I would be hurting. Hopefully, I would not be tossed immediately either. Isn't one point of the test to allow a organization to call itself a partner or some other distinction? Maybe to be listed among companies on SI's websites? Kevin Kevin ...

Re: SAS programming and SAS/BI
<div>Auto..,</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&gt;From what I've read, it hasn't been to clear what all<BR>&gt;is involved with SAS/BI in terms SAS programming. &nbsp;So I take it<BR>&gt;there's really isn't much programming involved.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>IMO and IME:</div> <div>Yes and&nbsp;No; but really&nbsp;somewhere in&nbsp;between.&nbsp; One reason for&nbsp;the confusion is that SAS BI is a&nbsp;number of produ...

Reusing code from SAS Program in another SAS Program
I write SAS programs on the Mainframe. I have several programming steps in multiple programs that use the same IF statements, for example. Maintenance is getting to be a problem because I may have to make the same code change in 50 different programs. I would like to write the If statement only once and read it into the appropriate data steps of the various programs. If someone could give me help on how I could do this, it would be appreciated. Keith - Store your code snippets in a PDS and then %include into your programs. For example this program includes a format called "$REGCRT...