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year and today function

SASdevAnneMarie — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 09:29:11 GMT

Hello Experts,

I would like to get the year 2020 in macro varaible "annee" but my code doesn't work:

%let annee=%sysevalf(year(%sysevalf(today()));

Thank you for your help!

Best regards

Re: year and today function

Kurt_Bremser — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 09:33:58 GMT

%SYSEVALF is for doing non-integer calculations in macro.

To call data step functions in macro language, you need %SYSFUNC.

Re: year and today function

SASdevAnneMarie — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 10:03:35 GMT

Thank you Kurt,

What do you mean when you say "non-integer"?

Re: year and today function

Kurt_Bremser — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 10:32:41 GMT

Compare the documentation of %EVAL and %SYSEVALF

Re: year and today function

Ksharp — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 11:52:41 GMT

%let annee=%sysfunc(today(),year4.);
%put annee=&annee ;

Re: year and today function

Venky3110 — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 15:21:16 GMT

Try this code:-

/*method1*/
data _null_;
call symputx('annee',put(intnx('year',today(),0),year4.));
run;

%put &annee;

/*method2*/
%let annee=%sysfunc(today(),year4.);
%put &annee;

Re: year and today function

Venky3110 — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 15:21:39 GMT

/*method1*/
data _null_;
call symputx('annee',put(intnx('year',today(),0),year4.));
run;

%put &annee;

/*method2*/
%let annee=%sysfunc(today(),year4.);
%put &annee;