Quoting function to return the value with single quote

David_Billa — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 14:40:47 GMT

I'm looking for the function or a way to return the macro variable value with single quote. I tried with quote function as shown below but it is producing result with double quotes.

%let ab=%sysfunc(quote(hello));
%put &ab;

Desired Result:

'hello'

Re: Quoting function to return the value with single quote

FreelanceReinh — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 14:55:10 GMT

Hi @David_Billa,

You can use the second argument of the QUOTE function:

%let ab=%sysfunc(quote(hello,%bquote(')));

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Quoting function to return the value with single quote

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