Avoid Magic Numbers

Mention of my university days last week reminded me of an old maxim that my professor drummed into me. Avoid magic numbers.

Have you ever had to amend a colleague’s code and found a number in the middle of a calculation and wondered what the si…

Avoid Magic Numbers

Mention of my university days last week reminded me of an old maxim that my professor drummed into me. Avoid magic numbers.

Have you ever had to amend a colleague’s code and found a number in the middle of a calculation and wondered what the si…

Avoid Magic Numbers

Mention of my university days last week reminded me of an old maxim that my professor drummed into me. Avoid magic numbers.

Have you ever had to amend a colleague’s code and found a number in the middle of a calculation and wondered what the si…

NOTE: Macro Options

Last week I wrote about the availability of the IN operator in macro through the use of the MINOPERATOR system option. I mentioned that SAS v9.0/9.1 had introduced a number of useful features to the SAS macro capability. Here are some options that you …

NOTE: Macro Options

Last week I wrote about the availability of the IN operator in macro through the use of the MINOPERATOR system option. I mentioned that SAS v9.0/9.1 had introduced a number of useful features to the SAS macro capability. Here are some options that you …

NOTE: Macro Options

Last week I wrote about the availability of the IN operator in macro through the use of the MINOPERATOR system option. I mentioned that SAS v9.0/9.1 had introduced a number of useful features to the SAS macro capability. Here are some options that you …