topic Re: SAS macro in SAS Programming

SAS macro

cho16 — Thu, 05 May 2016 18:00:38 GMT

Hi Team,

I am trying to run the below macro code and it gives an error.

I couldnt figure out the error. Could you please help me

%macro roster;

proc sql;

create table NON_RESPONDERS_BULLET_7_P as

select t1.* from DSS_HRA_Healthfirst_Roster t1

where (t1.EFFECTIVE_DATE < intnx('year',today(),-1,'S') OR t1.EFFECTIVE_DATE > intnx('year',today(),-1,'E'))

and (t1.PRODUCT_PBP CONTAINS 'LIP1' OR t1.PRODUCT_PBP CONTAINS 'MAX1')

and ((t1.LAST_SURVEY_DATE1 BETWEEN intnx('year',&start3mnth,-15) and intnx('year',&end3month,-15))

%do i = -14 %to -2;

or (t1.LAST_SURVEY_DATE1 BETWEEN intnx('year',&start3mnth,&i) and intnx('year',&end3month,&i))

%end;

or (t1.LAST_SURVEY_DATE1 BETWEEN intnx('year',&start3mnth,&i) and intnx('year',&end3month,&i)));

quit;

%mend roster;

%roster

ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: !, !!, &, *, **, +, ',', -, /, <,
<=, <>, =, >, >=, ?, AND, CONTAINS, EQ, EQT, GE, GET, GT, GTT, LE, LET, LIKE,
LT, LTT, NE, NET, OR, ^=, |, ||, ~=.

Re: SAS macro

Quentin — Thu, 05 May 2016 18:59:32 GMT

What are the values of &start3mnth and &end3month?

Re: SAS macro

cho16 — Thu, 05 May 2016 19:06:36 GMT

Hi Quentin,

%put &end3month &start3mnth ;

/* 31AUG2015 01AUG2015 */

Re: SAS macro

Reeza — Thu, 05 May 2016 19:13:02 GMT

Looking at a single line of code and what it would resolve to. This isn't valid SAS code.

and ((t1.LAST_SURVEY_DATE1 BETWEEN intnx('year',&start3mnth,-15) and

and ((t1.LAST_SURVEY_DATE1 BETWEEN intnx('year',01AUG2015,-15) and

You need to provide those as date literals to the macro

"&end3month"d

Change your code to allow your dates to resolve properly.

Re: SAS macro

ballardw — Thu, 05 May 2016 19:13:34 GMT

If you run the macro with the option mprint the error will appear in the log in a more useful location;

options mprint;

%roster;

Without data or values for your macro variables Start3Mnt and End3Month it's a bit hard to be more precise though if either of those is blank that could be a cause.

Re: SAS macro

RW9 — Fri, 06 May 2016 08:40:47 GMT

What is it your trying to do. Post test data in the form of a datastep and what the output should look like. That block of code firstly doesn't need to be in a macro - all your seem to be doing is taking data where last_survey_date is between some set of months on 14 years to 2 years before. This is simple logic and doesn't need 14 "or" clauses generated for it. A simple datastep will also make life easier for you, but I can't post example code until you show your data and what its suppoed to look like.