1 in your program populate macro variables from environment variables for example (I think this is the most straight forward way ) %let user= %sysget(USER);

(this method is limited to platforms with environment variables)

and/or

2 (platform independantly) pass parameters into sas at invocation with the sysparm option, like sas -sysparm(a#b#c#d#e) and extract these in your session with %let received = &sysparm; or (this example which is in use on os390) %let prefix=%substr(&SYSPARM,7); %let selct =%sysfunc(scan(&prefix,2,#)); /* select parm added */ %let selip =%sysfunc(scan(&prefix,3,#)); /* select IP addr */ %let hmig =%sysfunc(scan(&prefix,4,#)); /* allow hmig after */ %let prefix=%sysfunc(scan(&prefix,1,#)); /* allow more params */

does this example need explanation

Datum: 21/09/2000 15:39 An: SAS-L@listserv.uga.edu

Antwort an: dan_lu@usa.net

Betreff: Set macro parameters in a Unix shell script Nachrichtentext:

Does anybody know whether it is possible to set macro parameters in a unix shell script and leave the SAS program intact? Thanks!

-Dan

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