Is anyone else uneasy about this log? The code executes as intended, but I am bothered by the splitting of the token SET on the log. I think that SET should appear on one line, since I would like the log to be a faithful report of processing. I do not care whether the macro call is on the same line as written or separate line.

112 %macro splitline ; 113 %put ; 114 %mend splitline ; 115 116 data w ; 117 x = 1 ; 118 run ;

NOTE: The data set WORK.W has 1 observations and 1 variables. NOTE: DATA statement used: real time 0.02 seconds cpu time 0.01 seconds

119 120 data _null_ ; 121 s

121! et %splitline ; 122 put _all_ ; 123 run ;

x=1 _ERROR_=0 _N_=1 NOTE: There were 1 observations read from the data set WORK.W. NOTE: DATA statement used: real time 0.01 seconds cpu time 0.01 seconds

The problem appears to be caused by the location of the %PUT in the macro. When it occurs before any generated code the preceding token is messed up on the log.

IanWhitlock@westat.com