R help - Dec 2010 - help on SAS Macro in R

Dear Researchers,

I am looking for to read a SAS macro in R. Although I searched it on web, I
couldn’t find anything.

Can you help me or direct me?

Thank you for your interest and patience.

Best.

Ozgur



      
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On 12/13/2010 07:14 AM, ?zg?r Asar wrote:
> Dear Researchers,
>
> I am looking for to read a SAS macro in R. Although I searched it on web, I
couldn???t find anything.
Are you hoping just to read it in, or to actually have it
execute the macro as SAS would?

What gives you the idea the latter is even possible?

If you're just wanting to treat the macro as text for
textual analysis (e.g., how many unique macro variables
are there, or lines of code, etc.) you can use
?readLines

On Dec 13, 2010, at 8:14 AM, ?zg?r Asar wrote:
> Dear Researchers,
>
> I am looking for to read a SAS macro in R. Although I searched it on  
> web, I couldn?t find anything.
>
> Can you help me or direct me?
 > fortune("SAS")

For almost 40 years SAS has been the primary tool for statisticians  
worldwide
and its easy-to-learn syntax, unsurpassed graphical system, powerful  
macro
language and recent graphical user interfaces have made SAS the number  
one
statistical software choice for both beginners and advanced users.
    -- Rolf Poalis, Biostatistics Denmark (announcement of the SAS to  
R parser
       sas2R)
       R-help (April 1, 2004)


(I admit that for a few moments I considered searching for this  
precious relic. The New Copenhagen Sarcastic font on my device seems  
to have gone missing.)

-- 
David Winsemius, MD
West Hartford, CT