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Rick Wicklin dropped a gem today! The SAS enhanced editor includes a text replacement feature– who knew? The use of it is laid out in this SAS paper.
Briefly, just click on Tools > Add Abbreviation, then type in the shortcut and the text to replace it with. When you type that sequence, the editor displays it in a box. You have the option to get all the text included in your document (by pressing enter) or of ignoring it (by typing any other key). Edit the substitution under Tools > Keyboard Macros > Macros.
I immediately defined the following abbreviations, which I expect to save me many keystrokes. I’m a terrible typist. I also have been known to forget a by statement with my merges, and even to forget key statements or options in procedures I used often.
Abbreviation: _pri
Text:
proc print data = d (obs = n); var v; run;
Abbreviation: _mer
Text:
proc sort data = d1; by b; run;
proc sort data = d2; by b; run;
data n;merge d1 d2;by b;
run;
Abbreviation: _rbi
Text:
rand(‘BINOMIAL’, <p>, <n>) ;
(I always forget the order of p and n in this one!)
Abbreviation: mixed
Text:
mixed data = d noclprint;
class ;
model ;
random /subject=;
run;
(Here, if I type “proc mixed” the shell for the proc appears. Sweet!)
Abbreviation: glimmix
Text:
glimmix data = noclprint method=laplace;
class ;
model / dist =;
random / subject=;
run;
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