MERROR

MERROR

Controls whether SAS issues a warning message when a macro-like name does not match a macro keyword

Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, Systems Options window

Category: Macro: SAS macro

PROC OPTIONS GROUP= MACRO

Syntax
Syntax Description
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Syntax

MERROR | NOMERROR

Syntax Description

MERROR: allows SAS to issue a warning message if the macro processor cannot match a macro-like name (of the form %name) to an appropriate macro keyword.
NOMERROR: does not allow SAS to issue warning messages.

Details

Several conditions can cause a macro-like name to be unmatched with an appropriate macro keyword. These conditions appear when the following occur:

a macro keyword, including a macro call, is misspelled
a macro is called before being defined
a string that contains a percent sign is encountered.

If your program contains a percent sign in a string that could be mistaken for a macro keyword, you can specify NOMERROR to suppress the warning messages.

See Also

SAS Macro Language: Reference

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Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, Systems Options window
Category:	Macro: SAS macro
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	MACRO