Email address normalization in SAS

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This SAS macro performs email address normalization by changing email addresses like First.Last+tag@googlemail.com to the canonical form firstlast@gmail.com. Also, it demonstrates basic unit testing in SAS, which ensures quality and eases code maintenance. Email address normalization is often used to transform email addresses into unique keys for identifying or preventing duplicate accounts

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