Here you will find the code files referred to in my paper presented at SAS Global Forum 2008.

• rtnGlobal.sas This macro will always return the value from the global symbol table. Even if there are duplicate variables in local symbol tables.
• getDescr.sas This macro will return the value of the description field from a compiled macro.
• SAS Macro: Beyond the Basics Here is the pdf of the paper.

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