Tag: macro

Use SAS to write the cover letter for job application

We can use data _null_ to write a customized cover letter in job application.options nodate nocenter nonumber LEFTMARGIN=1in RIGHTMARGIN=1in TOPMARGIN=1in BOTTOMMARGIN=1in; ;title;footnote;%let N1=Chen Junfang;data company;input person $20. /ti…

Thanks San Diego

Thank you to everybody at the San Diego SAS User’s Group. I had a great time meeting everyone and presenting. The paper and code can be found on my site at:http://www.pelicanprogramming.com/sgf08/sgf08.htmlI will also put the power point up when I ge…

SAS Macro Nesting

I’d like to share a nifty SAS option that will help tremendously with debugging SAS macros. The mprintNest system option will show nesting information in your log. This is a big improvement over mprint that showed which macro you were in, but made it…

Data Set Sorted By Information

#UPDATE# Please see the comments for a better way to get the sorted by information from a data set! #UPDATE#The other day a colleague mentioned that it was not possible to get the sort information for a data set from the dictionary tables. Intrigued, I…