Michele Burlew designs and programs SAS applications for data management, data analysis, report writing, and graphics for academic and corporate clients. A SAS user since 1980, she’s the author of several popular SAS books including: SAS Macro Programming Made Easy, Third Edition, SAS Hash Object Programming Made Easy, Combining and Modifying SAS Data Sets: Examples, Second Edition, Output Delivery System: The Basics and Beyond (coauthor), SAS Guide to Report Writing: Examples, Second Edition, Debugging SAS Programs: A Handbook of Tools and Techniques, and Reading External Data Files Using SAS: Examples Handbook.
People tend to think of the SAS macro facility as something to tackle when you’ve reached ‘advanced programmer’ status. But macro programming can be easy to learn, and it allows you to work faster and more effectively. Here are three reasons why you should consider learning the macro facility, even
It’s early March and one of these days, the snow will melt here in Minnesota, the ice will disappear from the lakes, and spring will arrive. On my list of things to do this spring is a third edition of SAS Macro Programming Made Easy. It’s time to update the
