Checks if a set of macro variables exist / contain values. More...

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Detailed Description

Writes ERROR to log if abortType is SOFT, else will call mf_abort. Usage:

%let var1=x;
%let var2=y;
%put %mf_verifymacvars(var1 var2);

Returns:

1

Dependencies

• mf_abort.sas

Parameters

verifyvars	space separated list of macro variable names
makeupcase=	set to YES to convert all variable VALUES to uppercase.
mAbort=	Abort Type. Default is SOFT (writes error to log). Set to any other value to call mf_abort (which can be configured to abort in various fashions according to context).

Warning

will not be able to verify the following variables due to naming clash!

• verifyVars
• verifyVar
• verifyIterator
• makeUpcase

Version

9.2

Author

Allan Bowe

Definition in file mf_verifymacvars.sas.