Using Macros to Skip a Section of Code

Just put a “%macro name” at the top and a “%mend” at the end and never call the macro. This effectively comments out the code without running it. No need to worry about other comment styles in the code.

I. Statement Can Be Repeated Or Nested

SAS statements you want to execute.....
%macro SKIP ;
      SAS statements you want to skip.....
%mend SKIP ;

SAS statements you want to execute.....

%macro SKIP ;
      More SAS statements you want to skip.....
%mend SKIP ;
SAS statements you want to execute.....

II. Use NOSOURCE Option

Options Nosource;
%macro SKIP ;
      SAS statements you want to skip.....
%mend SKIP ;

Options Source;
SAS statements you want to execute.....