Put statement

ChrisWoo — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 06:31:02 GMT

Hi guys, just wanna know what's wrong with my code.

I expect the outcome is written into log like following:

text = 31/07/2023
text = 31/08/2023
text = 30/09/2023
text = 31/10/2023
text = 30/11/2023
text = 31/12/2023
text = 31/01/2024
text = 29/02/2024

/* My code */

data _null_;
	do 1 = 0 to 7;
	put "text = " put(intnx("month","01Jul2023"d,i,"end"),ddmmyy10.);
	end;
run;

Re: Put statement

FreelanceReinh — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 07:52:22 GMT

Basically, the PUT statement works only with variables and string constants. Results of a function must be stored in a variable first.

data _null_;
do i = 0 to 7;
  text=put(intnx("month","01Jul2023"d,i,"end"),ddmmyy10.);
  put "text = " text;
end;
run;

With named output the PUT statement can be simplified to

put text=;

This doesn't put blanks around the equals signs, though.

Another option is formatted output:

data _null_;
do i = 0 to 7;
  d=intnx("month","01Jul2023"d,i,"end");
  put "text = " d ddmmyy10.;
end;
run;