Reserved Words in the Macro Facility : Macro Facility Reserved Words

SAS Macro Language: Reference

The macro facility reserves the words listed in Macro Facility Reserved Words for internal use.

Do not use a reserved word as the name of a macro, a macro variable, or a macro label. Reserved words include words reserved by both the macro facility and the operating system. When a macro name is a macro facility reserved word, the macro processor issues a warning, and the macro is neither compiled nor available for execution.
Do not prefix the name of a macro language element with SYS because the SAS System reserves the SYS prefix for the names of macro language elements supplied with SAS software.
Do not prefix macro variables names with SYS, AF or DMS, to avoid macro name conflicts.

Macro Facility Reserved Words
ABEND END METASYM SUBSTR

ABORT EVAL NRBQUOTE SUPERQ

ACT FILE NRQUOTE SYSCALL

ACTIVATE GLOBAL NRSTR SYSEVALF

BQUOTE GO ON SYSEXEC

BY GOTO OPEN SYSFUNC

CLEAR IF PAUSE SYSGET

CLOSE INC PUT SYSRPUT

CMS INCLUDE QSCAN THAN

COMANDR INDEX QSUBST TO

COPY INFILE QUOTE TSO

DEACT INPUT QSYSFUNC UNQUOTE

DEL KEYDEF QUPCASE UNSTR

DELETE LENGTH RESOLVE UNTIL

DISPLAY LET RETURN UPCASE

DMIDSPLY LIST RUN WHILE

DMISPLIT LISTM SAVE WINDOW

DO LOCAL SCAN

EDIT MACRO STOP

ELSE MEND STR

***Macro Facility Reserved Words***
ABEND	END	METASYM	SUBSTR
ABORT	EVAL	NRBQUOTE	SUPERQ
ACT	FILE	NRQUOTE	SYSCALL
ACTIVATE	GLOBAL	NRSTR	SYSEVALF
BQUOTE	GO	ON	SYSEXEC
BY	GOTO	OPEN	SYSFUNC
CLEAR	IF	PAUSE	SYSGET
CLOSE	INC	PUT	SYSRPUT
CMS	INCLUDE	QSCAN	THAN
COMANDR	INDEX	QSUBST	TO
COPY	INFILE	QUOTE	TSO
DEACT	INPUT	QSYSFUNC	UNQUOTE
DEL	KEYDEF	QUPCASE	UNSTR
DELETE	LENGTH	RESOLVE	UNTIL
DISPLAY	LET	RETURN	UPCASE
DMIDSPLY	LIST	RUN	WHILE
DMISPLIT	LISTM	SAVE	WINDOW
DO	LOCAL	SCAN
EDIT	MACRO	STOP
ELSE	MEND	STR

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