Mask paired brackets in macro variable

KonstantinVasil — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 09:50:11 GMT

I spent significant amount of time experimenting with %str and %bquote but without success.

Code:

%let year = 2019;
%let lable = %sysfunc(cat(text,%str(%(&year.),text)); %put &=lable;

Result:

text(2019text

Desired result:

text(2019)text

When I try to mask the second bracket I get errors.

Re: Mask paired brackets in macro variable

Kurt_Bremser — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 09:55:21 GMT

No masking needed at all:

%let year=2019;

%let lable=text(&year.)text;

%put lable=&lable.;

Log:

37         %let year=2019;
38         
39         %let lable=text(&year.)text;
40         
41         %put lable=&lable.;
lable=text(2019)text