SAS Macro Language Magic

Acknowledgments

It took a village to write this book. The village started out small, as my wife Paula supported me by cheerfully allowing me the time and attention that it takes to write a book. But the village quickly expanded.

Writing and programming both build upon what others have done. Many programmers contributed ideas, shared code, or started the thought processes moving in a fruitful direction. Thanks go to Haikuo Bian, Art Carpenter, Craig Dickstein, Paul Dorfman, Ron Fehd, Judy Loren, Phil Mason, and Ian Whitlock. Other people deserve to be mentioned, but were difficult to track down. I utilized one idea from a SAS Communities post, and asked the author (Tom Abernathy) if he would like to be mentioned here. He responded that he had ...