Put Down that Mouse

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Put Down that Mouse!

• A quick tip by Dan Boisvert

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SAS Specific

• F1 Show Help
• F3 Run program or highlighted section
• F5 Show Enhanced Editor
• F6 Show Log
• F7 Show Output
• F9 Show DMKEYS
• CTRL SHIFT U Upcases Highlighted section
• CTRL SHIFT L Lowcases Highlighted section

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Default DMKEYS
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Personalize your shortcut keys
Open the last created dataset.
Shortcut to clear LOG and Output.
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Putting these to Use!

• Goal Delete all the datasets created in the
  program.
• Reason Extraneous WORK datasets slow SAS down.
• Avoid using incorrect temporary
  datasets in other
• programs.

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An Example Program

• MACRO mkdata(name)
• DO ds1 TO 50
• DATA name.ds.
• XRANUNI(9)a
• RUN
• END
• MEND mkdata
• mkdata(namedataset)

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1. Kill Datasets!

• PROC DATASETS MTdata LIBwork KILL
• QUIT
• Clear the LOG (F11)

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2. Rerun Program No KILL OPTION

• MACRO mkdata(name)
• DO ds1 TO 50
• DATA name.ds.
• XRANUNI(9)
• RUN
• END
• MEND mkdata
• mkdata(namedataset)
• PROC DATASETS MTdata LIBWORK
• QUIT

KILL
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3. Go to the LOG F6
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4. ALT Highlight
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5. Paste into PROC DATASETS

• PROC DATASETS MTdata LIBwork
• DELETE DATASET1
• DATASET10
• DATASET11
• DATASET12
• DATASET13
• DATASET14
• DATASET15
• DATASET16
• DATASET17
• DATASET18
• DATASET19
• DATASET2
• DATASET20
• DATASET21
• DATASET22
• DATASET23
• DATASET24
• DATASET25

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6. Keyboard Macro
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SHIFTEND - Highlight the entire word
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CTRLSHIFTL - Lowercases the word
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? SPACE DELETE - Go to the end of the word, add a
space, bring up the next word from the list.
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Stop Recording
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Save Keyboard Macro
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Assign Keys
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Run Keyboard Macro - CTRL W

• PROC DATASETS MTdata LIBwork
• DELETE dataset1 dataset10 dataset11 dataset12
  dataset13 dataset14 dataset15
• dataset16 dataset17 dataset18 dataset19 dataset2
  dataset20 dataset21 dataset22
• dataset23 dataset24 dataset25 dataset26 dataset27
  dataset28 dataset29 dataset3
• dataset30 dataset4 dataset5 dataset6 dataset7
  dataset8 dataset9
• QUIT

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Line up!
Press TAB
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Questions??