[Tutor] executing SAS and passing parameters

[Terry Carroll]

Ah, SAS.  I used that a lot in the early '80s for general programming.  I 
felt a lot about SAS then as I do about Python now.

Enough of that.  Can you show your python code that invokes SAS; and can 
you also show what you type at a command line that makes SAS run the 
way you want?

Given the command line, it should be pretty straightforward to move the 
command line invocation into Python.

On Tue, 8 Feb 2005, Williams, Thomas wrote:

> I'll do my best to answer these questions for you.
> 
> I am able to start the SAS executable from python, but not the specific SAS
> program in question.  When this executable is executed, the typical SAS
> environment is displayed (SAS editor Window, SAS libraries, and the output
> and log windows).  I want to have a specific SAS program executing with the
> assigned parameters that will be read into a SAS macro.  
> 
> This SAS program was originally called from an AML (Arc Macro Language),
> again, with the parameters passed to it.
> 
> OS: WindowsNT
> 
> Let me know if you need further information.
> 
> Thanks again,
> Tom
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Gauld [mailto:alan.gauld at freenet.co.uk] 
> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 1:57 PM
> To: Williams, Thomas; tutor at python.org
> Subject: Re: [Tutor] executing SAS and passing parameters
> 
> > I am trying to use python to run a SAS program by passing the needed
> > parameters.  I am able to start SAS, but unable to start the correct
> SAS
> > program with its parameters.
> 
> Not being familiar with SAS or its parameters we'll need more clues...
> 
> > Any assistance you could provide will be appreciated.
> 
> Can you show us what you used to start SAS?
> Can you tell us exactly what happened? - any errors etc?
> Can you show us how you'd do it outside of Python?
> Can you tell us which OS you are using?
> 
> With that info we should be able to make a stab at it.
> 
> Alan G.
> 
> 
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