Date:         Fri, 12 Nov 2004 17:40:08 -0500
Reply-To:     "Richard A. DeVenezia" <radevenz@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Richard A. DeVenezia" <radevenz@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Subject:      Re: Friday quiz

Dunn, Toby wrote:
> I was wondering just how many ways a person could create a macro
> variable, either local or global matters not.
>
> I have come up with seven different ways but seem to be stuck there,
> surely there are more than the following:
>
> 1.) %global
> 2.) %local
> 3.) %let statements
> 4.) %macro parameters
> 5.) SQL (with the select into)
> 6.) call symput
> 7.) index variable from a %do - loop
>
> Toby Dunn

Don't forget

call symputN - SAS/AF.
plausible, yet unknown to me - SAS/C, user written procs/engines ?

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Richard