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Macro-Code
Example Program

Statement: %VLIST (datain=d1b,htmlout=htmla);

 

Description: Generate List of Variables. Input data set is "d1b". HTML output is writen to the file referenced by "htmla".
NAME TYPE LABEL
gender Numeric Gender:/GENDER
age Numeric Age in Years:/AGE
politic Numeric Political/Party:/POLITIC
Macro-Code
Example Program

Statement:
%FREQT (datain=d2,htmlout=&htmlb,tablen=1.,var=gender,descrip=gender of respondent);
%FREQT (datain=d2,htmlout=&htmlb,tablen=2.,var=age,descrip=age (yrs) of respondent);

 

Description: Generate Frequency of Variables
Table 1. Frequency distribution for gender of respondent
gender COUNT PERCENT
0 6 54.5
1 5 45.5
Source: ptes01p21.sas


Table 2. Frequency distribution for age (yrs) of respondent
age COUNT PERCENT
16 3 27.3
17 4 36.4
18 4 36.4
Source: ptes01p21.sas


 

Macro-Code
Example Program

Statement:
%MPCT (datain=d1,htmlout=&htmlc,tablen=3.,var=gender politic,descrip=Percent of Respondents that are ...);

 

Description: Generate Percent for Variable or List
Table 3. Percent of Respondents that are ...
Variable Name Description Percent
gender Gender(Female):/GENDER 45%
politic Political/Party(Republican):/POLITIC 45%
SOURCE:ptes01p22.sas

Macro-Code
Example Program

Statement:
%npct(datain=sample,tablen=1. ,htmlout=&htmlc, var=var1 var2 ,descrip=testing macro);

 

Description: Generate Number and Percent for Variable or List
Table 1. testing macro

Variable
Name
Description Number Percent
var1 ever use in last 30 days 6 67%
var2 ever use in last 48 hours 7 86%
SOURCE:pthan01p09.sas on 01NOV01

Macro-Code
Example Program

Statement:
%summary (datain=d1,htmlout=&htmlb,tablen=1.,var1=age,descrip=Age(yrs) of respondent:age);
run;

 

Description: Generate Statistics for Continuous Variables
Table 1. Age(yrs) of respondent:age

N Mean Std Min Max
11 17.1 0.8 16.0 18.0

SOURCE: ptyp01p25.sas on 10/10/01


Table 2. Height(cm) of respondent:ht

N Mean Std Min Max
11 163.6 9.0 150.0 180.0

SOURCE: ptyp01p25.sas on 10/10/01



Macro-Code
Example Program

Statement:
%MEANS(datain=sample2,tablen=1. ,htmlout=&htmlc, var=var1 var2 ,descrip=testing macro);

Description: Generate Mean, Std Dev., Min and Max for a set of continuous variables

Table 1. testing macro

Variable
Name
Description Number Mean Std Dev. Min Max
var1 AGE 6 41.7 23.9 13 77
var2 WEIGHT 6 134.5 48.2 80 190
SOURCE:pthan01p10.sas on 02NOV01

 

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