topic How to use the open parenthesis as a value for a macro variable? in SAS Programming

How to use the open parenthesis as a value for a macro variable?

zhijun — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 08:51:35 GMT

Why I can not run the macro as below, but if I set other special value like decimal for the varibale CHAR, it will work. Do you have any suggestion if i want to scussfully run the code below, thank you.

%macro align1(char= ) ;

%put this is &char ;

%mend ;

%align1(char=%nrstr( ( ) ) ;

Re: How to use the open parenthesis as a value for a macro variable?

Kurt_Bremser — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 09:21:55 GMT

You just need a slight modification at invocation:

%align1(char=%str(%());

Re: How to use the open parenthesis as a value for a macro variable?

zhijun — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 02:41:43 GMT

Thanks for your answer, this is exactly what I want.