https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Call-symputx-THIS-1/m-p/849221#M335745 <P>Hello all,</P> <P>Can someone please explain what does -1 mean in symputx?</P> <P>respectfully,</P> <P>BittenApple</P> Mon, 12 Dec 2022 18:48:39 GMT GN0001 2022-12-12T18:48:39Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Call-symputx-THIS-1/m-p/849221#M335745 <P>Hello all,</P> <P>Can someone please explain what does -1 mean in symputx?</P> <P>respectfully,</P> <P>BittenApple</P> Mon, 12 Dec 2022 18:48:39 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Call-symputx-THIS-1/m-p/849221#M335745 GN0001 2022-12-12T18:48:39Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Call-symputx-THIS-1/m-p/849222#M335746 <P>This assigns the string <FONT face="courier new,courier">-1</FONT> to the macro variable &amp;THIS.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <PRE><CODE class=" language-sas">data _null_; call symputx("THIS",-1); run; %put &amp;=this;</CODE></PRE> <P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 12 Dec 2022 18:51:01 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Call-symputx-THIS-1/m-p/849222#M335746 PaigeMiller 2022-12-12T18:51:01Z