Merge pull request #262 from sasjs/allanbowe/mp-ds-cards-does-not-261

fix: special missing support in mp_ds2cards()

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+## Issue
+
+Link any related issue(s) in this section.
+
+## Intent
+
+What this PR intends to achieve.
+
+## Implementation
+
+What code changes have been made to achieve the intent.
+
+## Checks
+
+- [ ] Code is formatted correctly (`sasjs lint`).
+- [ ] Any new functionality has been unit tested.
+- [ ] All unit tests are passing (`sasjs test`).

all.sas

@@ -4803,7 +4803,7 @@ drop table &out_ds;
   @cond
 **/
 
-%macro mp_ds2cards(base_ds=, tgt_ds=
+%macro mp_ds2cards(base_ds, tgt_ds=
     ,cards_file="%sysfunc(pathname(work))/cardgen.sas"
     ,maxobs=max
     ,random_sample=NO
@@ -5006,6 +5006,7 @@ data _null_;
         ;
       %end;
       put ";";
+      put 'missing a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z _;';
       put "datalines4;";
     end;
   end;

base/mp_ds2cards.sas

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
   @cond
 **/
 
-%macro mp_ds2cards(base_ds=, tgt_ds=
+%macro mp_ds2cards(base_ds, tgt_ds=
     ,cards_file="%sysfunc(pathname(work))/cardgen.sas"
     ,maxobs=max
     ,random_sample=NO
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ data _null_;
         ;
       %end;
       put ";";
+      put 'missing a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z _;';
       put "datalines4;";
     end;
   end;