PROC FCMP (aka, the SAS® function compiler) empowers SAS practitioners to build our own user-defined functions and subroutines—callable software modules that containerize discrete functionality, and which effectively extend the Base SAS programming language. This webinar, presented by the author of the upcoming SAS Press PROC FCMP book, explores five high-level problem sets that user-defined functions can solve. Learn how to hide a hash object (and its complexity) inside a function, how to design a format (or informat) that calls a function, and even how to run a DATA step (or procedure) inside a DATA step using RUN_MACRO! Interwoven throughout the discussion are the specific software quality characteristics—modularity, flexibility, configurability, reusability, and maintainability—that can be improved through the design and implementation of PROC FCMP user-defined functions!

Troy Martin Hughes has been a SAS practitioner for more than 20 years, has managed SAS projects in support of federal, state, and local government…