arithmetic operation using macro variables

sonicpoem — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 15:35:08 GMT

I have two macro variables that correctly resolved from the following PROC SQL functions.

proc sql;

select count(*) as Total into :totaln from test1;

quit;

proc sql;

select count(*) as Total into :partn from test2;

quit;

Although they are both macro (character) variables, in essence they are numeric constants from which I am interested in calculating a percentage: pc = (partn/totaln )* 100.

%macro pc;

%let totaln=%left(&totaln);

%let partn=%left(&partn);

t=inputn(&totaln,8.);

p=inputn(&partn,8.);

%let pc=%syseval((p/t)*100);

title "Percent represented: &pc.% ";

%mend pc;

%pc;

The above attempt did not work. The macro does not let me create a constant t or p and gives me an error message: ERROR 180-322: Statement is not valid or it is used out of proper order.

How do I turn macro character to numeric variable to perform an arithmetic operation?

Re: arithmetic operation using macro variables

ballardw — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 17:23:39 GMT

I think you're looking for something like:

%let pc = %sysevalf ( (&partn / &totaln)*100);

You may want to round the result to desired number of decimals such as

%let pc = %sysfunc(round(&pc, 0.01));

Re: arithmetic operation using macro variables

sonicpoem — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 18:16:31 GMT

Thank you. It worked!

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