SYMGLOBL Function

Returns an indication as to whether a macro variable is in a global scope to the DATA step during DATA step execution.

Category: Macro

See: SYMGLOBL Function in SAS Macro Language: Reference

Syntax

SYMGLOBL ( argument )

Argument

argument

• can be one of the following items:

  • the name of a macro variable within double quotation marks but without an ampersand.

  • the name of a DATA step character variable, specified with no quotation marks, which contains a macro variable name.

  • a character expression that constructs a macro variable name.

Details

The SYMGLOBL function searches only the global symbol table for the indicated macro variable and returns 1 if the macro variable is found or if the macro variable is not found.

SYMGLOBL is fully documented in SAS Macro Language: Reference .