Customer Reviews

SAS Macro Programming Made Easy, Second Edition

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This is a well organized book that gently introduces macro programming. If you have some knowledge of macros then you could learn and move quickly through this book (probably to Carpenter's Complete Guide to the SAS Macro Language.

Though, the depth of material and examples in this book are limited compared to Carpenter's, it much more readable and accessible.

This book will teach you macros. For such as small book it packs a big punch. I've read it two times already. My only complaint is the flimsy paper quality of the book. For [dollar amount] you would expect a better paper quality for such a small book. If you can, borrow the book and photocopy the whole thing.

This book is really good for Beginners . Its easy to follow different concepts and macro porcessing was very clearly explained with good examples. This book gives a good understanding of core topics.

Each and every statement's syntax is followed by at least one example and its execution log, in which the readers are shown the resolution of macro variables used in the sample code. I find that wonderful in helping me understand the "mechanism" of macro execution.

Definitely recommended for newbies.

I bought 'SAS Macro Programming Made Easy' for two reasons: (A) I wanted to learn Macro programming in SAS and (B) I wanted the process to be easy! Via the book, I understood (not learnt) how Macros in SAS should work. But, the book does not offer any practice sets; so, one never gets the feeling that one has learnt much. It is primarily all theory (which is good), but sans practice (a bummer!). For the amount of money charged, the book should have offered some practice sets.

Through careful and patient reading, this book helped me learn Macros. The style of explanation is a little like a recipe book and this style made the reading for me dry. For many readers, however, the book should be very useful, for it has info not easily found elsewhere.

it's very easy to find information you want, and very handy. recommended.