Resolving a Macro Variable inside of a infile statement odd occurance

mlapradd — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 17:11:04 GMT

I am having a Strange situation which I was hoping someone could explain why it is occurring. I am trying to use a simple macro variable to count from 1 to 57 in order to import 57 files.

I initially was given files with the name "Simple_toothhistory_1" "Simple.....2" etc.

I used the variable j and had a working macro using "C:\location\Simple_toothhistory_&j..csv"

An issue was found with the files and they were re-converted into csv files with a new name "Prac1_simple_toothhistory" "Prac2_....."

etc.

I tried to use the macro"C:\location\Prac&j_simple_toothhistory..csv"

but with no luck. I also tried adding an additional underscore "C:\location\Prac_&j_simple_toothhistory..csv"

But this also did not work.

I have at this point renamed all 57 files 😞 But I was hoping to understand why it is working at the end but not within the file name!

Thanks!!!

Re: Resolving a Macro Variable inside of a infile statement odd occurance

Reeza — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 17:25:11 GMT

Add a period after the &J -> otherwise the compiler doesn't know where your macro variable name ends, so it won't resolve properly.

ie you see:

"C:\location\Prac&j_simple_toothhistory..csv"

the compiler sees:

"C:\location\Prac&j_simple_toothhistory..csv"

Note the double period before the CSV name. One of those was for the macro variable to resolve properly but you didn't move it with the macro variable.

Correct:

"C:\location\Prac&j._simple_toothhistory.csv"

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