%IF &_DEBUG=1 %THEN; %DO; ISSUES

Abdu — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 03:46:23 GMT

Hi All,

I was struggling to make my code works, but two issue hanging on there. Here is my code:

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%MACRO TEST;

%LET _DEBUG=0;

%IF &_DEBUG=1 %THEN; %DO;

%PUT THIS TIME DEBUG IS 1: _DEBUG=&_DEBUG;

%END;

%MEND TEST;

%TEST;

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The output is not I was expecting:

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THIS TIME DEBUG IS 1: _DEBUG=0

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I changed my code to the following, more severe issue appear:

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%MACRO TEST2;

%LET _DEBUG=0;

%IF &_DEBUG=1 %THEN; %DO;

%PUT THIS TIME DEBUG IS 1: _DEBUG=&_DEBUG;

%END;

%ELSE %DO;

%PUT THIS TIME DEBUG IS NOT 1: _DEBUG=&_DEBUG;

%END;

%MEND TEST2;

%TEST2;

The output is:

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90100 %MACRO TEST2;

90101 %LET _DEBUG=0;

90102

90103 %IF &_DEBUG=1 %THEN; %DO;

90104 %PUT THIS TIME DEBUG IS 1: _DEBUG=&_DEBUG;

90105 %END;

90106 %ELSE %DO;

ERROR: There is no matching %IF statement for the %ELSE. A dummy macro will be compiled.

90107 %PUT THIS TIME DEBUG IS NOT 1: _DEBUG=&_DEBUG;

90108 %END;

90109

90110 %MEND TEST2;

90111

90112 %TEST2;

180

WARNING: Apparent invocation of macro TEST2 not resolved.

ERROR 180-322: Statement is not valid or it is used out of proper order.

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Anybody can help me with these two issues?

Thanks in Advance.

Abdu.

Re: %IF &_DEBUG=1 %THEN; %DO; ISSUES

Scott_Mitchell — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 03:57:58 GMT

You don't need a semi colon between your %THEN and %DO.

Re: %IF &_DEBUG=1 %THEN; %DO; ISSUES

Abdu — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 04:20:33 GMT

Thank you, Scott. I was screwed by this ";"

Abdu.

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