comment statement The comment statement performs cursor control and screen display commands in a macro is similar to the t statement in a PROC. Its primary function is to add screen control capabilities to macro commands.
display statement The display statement outputs text on the screen in a macros or a Procs. If the message text is terminated by a +, the trailing carriage return is suppressed.
prompt statement The prompt statement in a macro prompts the user with a specified text string. The user is then given the option to either continue (by entering c, or stopping the process (by entering q). No other characters are allowed.
rem statement The rem statement, used in a macro, designates a remark statement and all text which follows on the same line is ignored.