Appendix 1
Reserved Words in the Macro Facility
Macro Facility Word Rules
The following rules apply to the macro facility.
• Do not use a reserved word as the name of a macro, a macro variable, or a macro label. Reserved words include words reserved by both the macro facility and the operating environment. When a macro name is a macro facility reserved word, the macro processor issues a warning, and the macro is neither compiled nor available for execution. The macro facility reserves the words listed under “Reserved Words” on page 375 for internal use.
• Do not prefix the name of a macro language element with SYS because SAS reserves the SYS prefix for the names of macro language elements supplied with ...
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