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+/**
+  @file
+  @brief Testing mp_chop.sas macro
+
+  <h4> SAS Macros </h4>
+  @li mp_chop.sas
+  @li mp_assert.sas
+  @li mp_assertscope.sas
+
+**/
+
+/* prep input string */
+%let src="%sysfunc(pathname(work))/file.txt";
+%let str=Chop here!;
+%let out1="%sysfunc(pathname(work))/file1.txt";
+%let out2="%sysfunc(pathname(work))/file2.txt";
+%let out3="%sysfunc(pathname(work))/file3.txt";
+%let out4="%sysfunc(pathname(work))/file4.txt";
+
+data _null_;
+  file &src;
+  put "startsection&str.endsection";
+run;
+
+
+%mp_assertscope(SNAPSHOT)
+%mp_chop(&src, matchvar=str, keep=FIRST, outfile=&out1)
+%mp_chop(&src, matchvar=str, keep=LAST, outfile=&out2)
+%mp_chop(&src, matchvar=str, keep=FIRST, matchpoint=END, outfile=&out3)
+%mp_chop(&src, matchvar=str, keep=LAST, matchpoint=END, outfile=&out4)
+%mp_assertscope(COMPARE)
+
+data _null_;
+  infile &out1 lrecl=200;
+  input;
+  call symputx('test1',_infile_);
+data _null_;
+  infile &out2 lrecl=200;
+  input;
+  call symputx('test2',_infile_);
+data _null_;
+  infile &out3 lrecl=200;
+  input;
+  call symputx('test3',_infile_);
+data _null_;
+  infile &out4 lrecl=200;
+  input;
+  call symputx('test4',_infile_);
+run;
+
+%mp_assert(
+  iftrue=("&test1" ne "startsection"),
+  desc=Checking keep FIRST matchpoint START
+  outds=work.test_results
+)
+%mp_assert(
+  iftrue=("&test2" ne "Chop here!endsection"),
+  desc=Checking keep LAST matchpoint START
+  outds=work.test_results
+)
+%mp_assert(
+  iftrue=("&test1" ne "startsectionChop here!"),
+  desc=Checking keep FIRST matchpoint END
+  outds=work.test_results
+)
+%mp_assert(
+  iftrue=("&test2" ne "endsection"),
+  desc=Checking keep LAST matchpoint END
+  outds=work.test_results
+)