Of course, I should have protected myself by making reset a local macro variable.

%macro name () ; %local reset ; %let reset %sysFunc( getOption( mLogic ) ) %sysFunc( getOption( mPrint ) ) ; Options noMLogic noMPrint ; ... Options &reset ; %mEnd name ;

-----Original Message----- From: Ed Heaton Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 9:15 AM To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: Re: mlogic versus autocall library

Casey, Paul, et al.;

To further Paul's suggestion, you might not want to assume that the system was set to MLOGIC and MPRINT before the macro was called. So, you can code...

%macro name () ; %let reset %sysFunc( getOption( mLogic ) ) %sysFunc( getOption( mPrint ) ) ; Options noMLogic noMPrint ; ... Options &reset ; %mEnd name ;

Ed

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-----Original Message----- From: Paul Dorfman [mailto:paul_dorfman@HOTMAIL.COM] Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 6:18 PM To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: Re: mlogic versus autocall library

>From: SAS User <sas@SDAC.HARVARD.EDU> > >Does anyone know of a way to turn off mlogic/mprint specifically for >those macros stored in the autocall library? It's rather annoying and >an interference to try to debug code that just has a %left or %verify >in it. Any suggestions? Thanks. > >-casey

Casey,

Not a complete solution, but if, for all of your autocall macros, you can do this

%macro name () ; option nomlogic nomprint ; .... option mlogic mprint ; %mend name ;

then the only MLOGIC stuff the system will print for this macro execution will be

MLOGIC(NAME): Beginning execution. MPRINT(NAME): option nomlogic nomprint ;

Another approach is to consider replacing %LEFT, %VERIFY and such with corresponding DATA step functions via the %SYSFUNC() interface. I have acquired this habit both for the reason you state here and because it provides for faster execution.

Kind regards, ==================== Paul M. Dorfman Jacksonville, FL ====================

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