topic Re: macro variable in title statement is not getting resolved correctly in SAS Programming

macro variable in title statement is not getting resolved correctly

Aexor — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 11:37:40 GMT

I want to create a macro variable for all these title, title1 and title2 statement .
where price1,Line1 , 203 and 28.9 will come from separate macro variable

title1 'Predicted and actual values of price1';
title2 '(productLine = ''Line1'',
sale = 203,
price = 28.39
)';

Can anyone please help??

Re: macro variable in title statement is not getting resolved correctly

Kurt_Bremser — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 12:55:03 GMT

%let var1 = price1;
%let var2 = Line1;
%let var3 = 203;
%let var4 = 28.9;

title1 "Predicted and actual values of &var1.";
title2 "(productLine = '&var2.', sale = &var3., price = &var4.)";

Macro variables are not resolved in single quotes; single quotes within double quotes are just text and have no effect.

Always use double quotes in SAS code unless you specifically need single quotes.

Re: macro variable in title statement is not getting resolved correctly

PaigeMiller — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 13:14:11 GMT

Suggestion: simplify your coding and your titles and make titles more readable. Titles don't need parentheses around the information, and the single-quote or double-quote around LINE is not necessary either. Use actual ENGLISH words in your titles, properly capitalized, instead of variable names like productline

title2 "Product Line = &var2., Sale = &var3., Price = &var4.";

The whole point of a title is to convey information to an audience (who may not be computer programmers), if that audience speaks English then the title should be in English and not computerese.