topic Re: resolve macro for xml in SAS Programming

resolve macro for xml

cam03 — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:39:12 GMT

Hello,

I am creating an xml file and trying to resolve a macro unsuccessfully. The ultimate goal is the line must read:

In the above, the formId will be generated from an existing variable. The problem area is lastModifiedDate, which I want to generate from a macro.

%let currentdate=%sysfunc (today(), worddate.);

put ' <Form formId=" 'formId $12.' " lastModifiedDate= " ' &currentdate ' " status="D"> ' ;

Suggestions?

Thank you so much!

SteveNZ — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 01:23:34 GMT

Try:

data _null_ ;

formid = '1234' ;

x = cats('<Form formId="',formid,'" lastModifiedDate = "', put(today(),mmddyy8.) ,'" status = "D">') ;

put x ;

run ;

cam03 — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 02:39:41 GMT

Thank you so much! Very much appreciated! Thank you from a health department still learning their way around SAS