Date:         Tue, 22 Oct 2002 19:38:29 -0400
Reply-To:     Kim LeBouton <kimberly_lebouton@AHM.HONDA.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Kim LeBouton <kimberly_lebouton@AHM.HONDA.COM>
Subject:      Old Macro Code (maybe V5)

I just ran into the following code--and it works.

MACRO _SELECT
  yday = date() - 1;
  day = weekday(yday);
  if day = 7 then yday = yday - 1;
  if day = 1 then yday = yday - 2;
  if date = yday;
  if nodename not in ('x','y','z');

%

data test;
   set another data set;

   _SELECT;
run;

What version of SAS used this form of the macro language?  What arguments
would you use to convince somebody to use %macro/%mend code?

Kim LeBouton