Date:         Fri, 17 Dec 2004 09:04:41 -0500
Reply-To:     "Fehd, Ronald J." <RJF2@CDC.GOV>
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From:         "Fehd, Ronald J." <RJF2@CDC.GOV>
Subject:      Re: to iterate a macro
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> From: Mayukh Dass
> I have a macro %iterate. with no return value. How do I execute this
> macro 100 times?
>
> I tried something like:
>
> data one;
> do i=1 to 100;
>     %iterate;
> end;
> run;
>
> but its giving an error saying that a do loop is open.

%Macro doloop(dim=);
%Local I;
%Do    I = 1 %to &Dim.;%iterate(N=&I.)%end;%mend;
%DoLoop(dim = 10);

uh, why wou you want to run a macro procedure
that has no parameters and no return value?

Ron Fehd  the macro maven  CDC Atlanta GA USA RJF2 at cdc dot gov

Efficiency is intelligent laziness. -David Dunham
... not to be confused
         with intelligent misuse of (computing) power