Glossary
autocall facility
a feature of SAS that enables you to store the source statements that define a macro and to invoke the macro as needed, without having to include the definition in your program.
autocall macro
a macro whose uncompiled source code and text are stored in an autocall macro library. Unlike a stored compiled macro, an autocall macro is compiled before execution the first time it is called.
command-style macro
a macro that is defined with the CMD option in the %MACRO statement.
constant text
the character strings that are stored as part of a macro or as a macro variable’s value in open code, from which the macro processor generates text to be used as SAS statements, display manager commands, or other macro program statements. ...
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