Question

I have the following macro:

%macro export_set_excel(data,tabname);
    PROC EXPORT DATA= &data. OUTFILE= "&results." DBMS=EXCEL REPLACE;
            SHEET=&tabname.; 
        RUN;
%mend export_set_excel;

My problem is that sometimes this macro doesn’t delete the tab if it already exists. Is there anyway, from SAS, that I can check if a tab exists and delete it if it does?

Answer 1

proc sql; drop table <NAME OF EXCEL TAB>; quit;