https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/sas-cut-charter-string/m-p/647725#M193881 <P>Hi&nbsp;<a href="https://communities.sas.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/326226">@shursulei2</a>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Try this:</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <PRE><CODE class=" language-sas">%let sqlcodetest=%str(/)*how sql*%str(/) select * from tables; %put &amp;sqlcodetest;</CODE></PRE> <P>Best,</P> Thu, 14 May 2020 08:52:00 GMT ed_sas_member 2020-05-14T08:52:00Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/sas-cut-charter-string/m-p/647724#M193880 <P>&nbsp;</P> <PRE><CODE class=" language-sas">%let sqlcodetest=%nrstr(/*how sql*/select * from tables); %put &amp;sqlcodetest; </CODE></PRE> <P>The result is&nbsp;<CODE class=" language-sas">"select * from tables",&nbsp;the&nbsp;"/*how sql*/"&nbsp;is&nbsp;not&nbsp;exits.I&nbsp;want&nbsp;to&nbsp;know&nbsp;how&nbsp;to&nbsp;use&nbsp;macro&nbsp;to&nbsp;get&nbsp;the&nbsp;"/*how sql*/"</CODE></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 14 May 2020 08:48:33 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/sas-cut-charter-string/m-p/647724#M193880 shursulei2 2020-05-14T08:48:33Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/sas-cut-charter-string/m-p/647725#M193881 <P>Hi&nbsp;<a href="https://communities.sas.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/326226">@shursulei2</a>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Try this:</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <PRE><CODE class=" language-sas">%let sqlcodetest=%str(/)*how sql*%str(/) select * from tables; %put &amp;sqlcodetest;</CODE></PRE> <P>Best,</P> Thu, 14 May 2020 08:52:00 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/sas-cut-charter-string/m-p/647725#M193881 ed_sas_member 2020-05-14T08:52:00Z