[Tutor] executing SAS and passing parameters

[Williams, Thomas]

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.