topic Re: Adding Month Year to Title Base on the Month in SAS Programming

Adding Month Year to Title Base on the Month

BonnaryW — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 23:55:50 GMT

Hello,

I am not sure if this is the right way of doing it. I would like to add month and year to the title based on what month it is. I need to add one year, if month is January, February, and March, otherwise leave year as the current year. Below is my codes.

%let today = %sysfunc(today());

%let pmo1= %sysfunc(putn(%sysfunc(intnx(month,&today,+3)),monname));

%let pmo2= %sysfunc(putn(%sysfunc(intnx(month,&today,+5)),monname));

IF &pmo1 IN ("January","February","March") OR &pmo2 in ("January","February","March") THEN

%let OCYR= %SYSFUNC(year(%SYSFUNC(INTNX(year,&today,+1))));

ELSE

%let OCYR= %sysfunc(year(&today));

title1 "Testing &pmo1 &ocyr &pmo2 &ocyr";

Result:

Testing November 2018 January 2019.

Thank you.

Re: Adding Month Year to Title Base on the Month

Astounding — Fri, 10 Aug 2018 02:08:34 GMT

Second chance:

You will find this much easier if you just use a DATA step to compute the values. Then use CALL SYMPUTX to transfer the DATA step values to macro variables.

Certainly you will need two YEAR variabels. You can't refer to the same macro variable in two spots and have it switch from 2018 to 2019.

So start with:

data _null_;

today = today();

Re: Adding Month Year to Title Base on the Month

ChrisNZ — Fri, 10 Aug 2018 04:07:29 GMT

This code is totally invalid.

IF &pmo1 IN ("January","February","March") OR &pmo2 in ("January","February","March") THEN %let OCYR= %SYSFUNC(year(%SYSFUNC(INTNX(year,&today,+1))));
ELSE %let OCYR= %sysfunc(year(&today));

1. %let cannot be controlled by if then

2. macro variable pmo1 contains no quotes

This shows a lack of understanding of the basic concepts.

As @Astounding said, stick to a data step. You can use the macro language when your SAS skills are more advanced.

Re: Adding Month Year to Title Base on the Month

BonnaryW — Fri, 10 Aug 2018 15:04:51 GMT

Thank you for your response and offer the solution Astounding.