topic Re: The quoted string currently being processed has become more than 262 characters long. in SAS Programming

The quoted string currently being processed has become more than 262 characters long.

lankamanoja — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 11:32:36 GMT

%macro data_pull(sas_run_date=%sysfunc(today()),rpt_ds=FIN360_MBR_ROSTER_RPT_Curr,Rpt_Missing=MBR_MISSING_SNF);

data_null_;
/* sas_run_date = today();*/
/* sas_run_date = &Report_Run_Dt;*/
sas_run_date = &sas_run_date.;
begindt=intnx("Month",sas_run_date,-1,'B');
enddt=intnx("Month",sas_run_date,0,'E');
CALL SYMput('sas_run_dt' , "'"|| TRIM(LEFT(put(sas_run_date,DATE9.))) ||"'d");
CALL SYMput('beg_dt' , "'"|| TRIM(LEFT(put(begindt,DATE9.))) ||"'d");
CALL SYMput('end_dt' , "'"|| TRIM(LEFT(put(enddt,DATE9.))) ||"'d");
run;

%put &sas_run_dt.;
%put &beg_dt.;
%put &end_dt.;

Re: The quoted string currently being processed has become more than 262 characters long.

PeterClemmensen — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 13:46:46 GMT

What is the question?

Re: The quoted string currently being processed has become more than 262 characters long.

Astounding — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 13:53:42 GMT

Two steps to take:

First, since the code looks fine, just run it again in a new SAS session. Unbalanced quotes can occur because of the code that ran before this.

Second, if the problem is still there, post the log so we can see what the message refers to.

Good luck.

Re: The quoted string currently being processed has become more than 262 characters long.

lankamanoja — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 14:50:34 GMT

Thank you so much for the reply
means a lot