topic Re: how to display a macro variabile in a %window in SAS Programming

how to display a macro variabile in a %window

leti_ors96 — Sat, 02 Jun 2018 15:27:15 GMT

Hello,

I want to display a macro variabile in a %window. My program is:

%let t=hello;

%window info

#6 @5 'your macro variabili is:'

#8 @5 &t;

%display info;

But with this code I see only 'your macro varibile is:', but I would like tu see 'hello'. How could I do?

Re: how to display a macro variabile in a %window

Reeza — Sat, 02 Jun 2018 19:56:33 GMT

Try using double quotes instead of single Macro variables do not resolve in single quotes.

@leti_ors96 wrote:

Hello,

I want to display a macro variabile in a %window. My program is:

%let t=hello;

%window info

@#6 @5 'your macro variabili is:'

@#8 @5 &t;

%display info;

But with this code I see only 'your macro varibile is:', but I would like tu see 'hello'. How could I do?

Re: how to display a macro variabile in a %window

Astounding — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 02:53:10 GMT

When you leave out quotes, that tells SAS that &t is the name of a macro variable. The user is allowed to enter a value for it when the %window gets %displayed.

In this case, the %display statement allows the user to enter a value for the macro variable named hello.

If you want &t to become part of the displayed text, rather than a name that the user can type into the %display, put it in quotes. Double quotes are needed:

#8 @5 "&t" ;

If you want the macro variable t to be supplied by the user when %displaying the %window, get rid of the &:

#8 @5 t 5;

The 5 characters are enough that the user can enter "hello".