topic Re: Macro Not getting resolved in SAS Programming

Macro Not getting resolved

helloSAS — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 16:48:41 GMT

I’ve a macro question. In the below code &err is resolving to mdl_rc but I want it to resolve to mdl_rc=1. Can you suggest what I’m doing wrong here?

%let mdl_rc=1; %put &mdl_rc;

%macro systask_err(err);

%put &err;

%if &err > 1 %then %do;

%put "it resolves to &err.";

data _null_; file outbox to=("xxx@gmail.com")

subject="&err systask failed";

run;

* endsas;

%end;

%else %do;

data _null_; file outbox to=("xxx.gmail.com")

subject="&err systask success";

run;

%end;

%mend;

*waitfor _all_ mdl;

%systask_err(mdl_rc);

jklaverstijn — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 17:05:53 GMT

I see two ways to get what you want (if I understand you correctly):

Either call the macro this way:

%systask_err(&mdl_rc);

or, inside the macro, use a triple ampersand in when referring to the value of mdl_rc and not its name:

%put "it resolves to &&&err.";

Hope this helps,

- Jan.

Astounding — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 20:02:54 GMT

Using the same tools already suggested, you can get:

%put It resolves to &err=&&&err..;