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+/**
+  @file mp_testwritespeedlibrary.sas
+  @brief Tests the write speed of a new table in a SAS library
+  @details Will create a new table of a certain size in an 
+  existing SAS library.  The table will have one column,
+  and will be subsequently deleted.
+      
+      %mp_testwritespeedlibrary(
+        lib=work
+        ,size=0.5
+        ,outds=work.results
+      )
+
+  @param lib= (WORK) The library in which to create the table
+  @param size= (0.1) The size in GB of the table to create
+  @param outds= (WORK.RESULTS) The output dataset to be created.
+
+  <h4> SAS Macros </h4>
+  @li mf_getuniquename.sas
+  @li mf_existds.sas
+
+  @version 9.4
+  @author Allan Bowe
+
+**/
+
+%macro mp_testwritespeedlibrary(lib=WORK
+  ,outds=work.results
+  ,size=0.1
+)/*/STORE SOURCE*/;
+%local ds start;
+
+/* find an unused, unique name for the new table */
+%let ds=%mf_getuniquename();
+%do %until(%mf_existds(&lib..&ds)=0);
+  %let ds=%mf_getuniquename();
+%end;
+
+%let start=%sysfunc(datetime());
+
+data &lib..&ds(compress=no keep=x);
+  header=128*1024;
+  size=(1073741824/8 * &size) - header;
+  do x=1 to size;
+    output;
+  end;
+run;
+
+proc sql;
+drop table &lib..&ds;
+
+data &outds;
+  lib="&lib";
+  start_dttm=put(&start,datetime19.);
+  end_dttm=put(datetime(),datetime19.);
+  duration_seconds=end_dttm-start_dttm;
+run;
+
+%mend;
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