mp_ds2md.sas File Reference

Create a Markdown Table from a dataset. More...

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Detailed Description

A markdown table is a simple table representation for use in documents written in markdown format.

An online generator is available here: https://www.tablesgenerator.com/markdown_tables

This structure is also used by the Macro Core library for documenting input/ output datasets, as well as the sasjs/cli tool for documenting inputs/outputs for web services.

We take the standard definition one step further by embedding the informat in the table header row, like so:

|var1:$32|var2:best.|var3:date9.|
|---|---|---|
|some text|42|01JAN1960|
|blah|1|31DEC1999|

Which resolves to:

var1:$32	var2:best.	var3:date9.
some text	42	01JAN1960
blah	1	31DEC1999

Usage:

%mp_ds2md(sashelp.class)

Parameters

[in]	libds	the library / dataset to create or read from.
[out]	outref=	(mdtable) Fileref to contain the markdown
[out]	showlog=	(YES) Set to NO to avoid printing markdown to the log

SAS Macros

• mf_getvarlist.sas
• mf_getvarformat.sas

Version

9.3

Author

Allan Bowe

Definition in file mp_ds2md.sas.