topic Re: %sysfunc questions in SAS Programming https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/sysfunc-questions/m-p/89053#M18938 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The INPUT function is one of the functions that you can't use with %sysfunc. Use INPUTN or INPUTC instead.</P><P></P><P>Also "<SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, 'Arial Unicode MS', geneva, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;">Because %SYSFUNC is a macro function, you do not need to enclose character values in quotation marks as you do in DATA step functions</SPAN>". </P><P></P><P>See "%SYSFUNC and %QSYSFUNC Functions" here: <A href="http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/mcrolref/61885/HTML/default/viewer.htm#z3514sysfunc.htm" title="http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/mcrolref/61885/HTML/default/viewer.htm#z3514sysfunc.htm">SAS(R) 9.2 Macro Language: Reference</A></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 May 2013 16:59:04 GMT Tim_SAS 2013-05-29T16:59:04Z %sysfunc questions https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/sysfunc-questions/m-p/89051#M18936 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>Anyone know why the following does nnot work? </P><P></P><P>%put %sysfunc(input('10',4.));</P><P>%put %sysfunc(rand('binomial',0.5,10));</P><P></P><P>The log says that the input function is not found. It says 'binomial' is out of range of offered distributions. Clearly 'binomial' is one of the options. So what is wrong with these statements? Thanks.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 May 2013 16:51:03 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/sysfunc-questions/m-p/89051#M18936 Macro 2013-05-29T16:51:03Z Re: %sysfunc questions https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/sysfunc-questions/m-p/89052#M18937 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Use inputn for the first statement, and remove the quotes from both statements</P><P></P><P>Ahmed</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 May 2013 16:56:36 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/sysfunc-questions/m-p/89052#M18937 AhmedAl_Attar 2013-05-29T16:56:36Z Re: %sysfunc questions https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/sysfunc-questions/m-p/89053#M18938 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The INPUT function is one of the functions that you can't use with %sysfunc. Use INPUTN or INPUTC instead.</P><P></P><P>Also "<SPAN style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, 'Arial Unicode MS', geneva, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;">Because %SYSFUNC is a macro function, you do not need to enclose character values in quotation marks as you do in DATA step functions</SPAN>". </P><P></P><P>See "%SYSFUNC and %QSYSFUNC Functions" here: <A href="http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/mcrolref/61885/HTML/default/viewer.htm#z3514sysfunc.htm" title="http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/mcrolref/61885/HTML/default/viewer.htm#z3514sysfunc.htm">SAS(R) 9.2 Macro Language: Reference</A></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 May 2013 16:59:04 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/sysfunc-questions/m-p/89053#M18938 Tim_SAS 2013-05-29T16:59:04Z