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Can you use a macro within another macro? If so how would
SAS know where the current acro ended and the new one
began?

Question Posted / nikosh04


Can you use a macro within another macro? If so how would SAS know where the current acro ended an..

Answer / kiran

Yes, we can use a macro with in another macro

for example:

%MACRO REPORT; ---MACRO
statement 1;
statement 2;
....
....
%MACRO REPORT1();--BEGINING OF NEW MACRO "REPORT 1" WITH
IN "REPORT" MACRO
%MEND REPORT1;---STATEMENT TO TELL THE END OF REPORT1 MACRO
%MEND REPORT;----STATEMENT TO TELL THE END OF REPORT MACRO



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