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/ Program : nvarsc.sas / Version : 1.0 / Author : Roland Rashleigh-Berry / Date : 04-May-2011 / Purpose : Function-style macro to return the number of character variables / in a dataset. / SubMacros : %varlistc %words / Notes : / Usage : %let nvarsc=%nvarsc(dsname); / /=============================================================================== / PARAMETERS: /-------name------- -------------------------description------------------------ / ds Dataset name /=============================================================================== / AMENDMENT HISTORY: / init --date-- mod-id ----------------------description------------------------ / rrb 13Feb07 "macro called" message added / rrb 30Jul07 Header tidy / rrb 04May11 Code tidy /=============================================================================== / This is public domain software. No guarantee as to suitability or accuracy is / given or implied. User uses this code entirely at their own risk. /=============================================================================*/ %put MACRO CALLED: nvarsc v1.0; %macro nvarsc(ds); %words(%varlistc(&ds)) %mend nvarsc;