topic Embed a parameter into Title statement in SAS Programming

Embed a parameter into Title statement

Danglytics — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:41:50 GMT

Hi,

I was wondering if its possible to embed a parameter into the title statement.

I have the parameter

%let cur_monthend = 20110731 ;

and I want to have a title statement before my proc means something similar to ,

Title ' Summary Report &cur_monthend' ;

but of course the above doesnt work, the &cur_monthend comes out as a text, I was wondering if it was possible so that it uses the parameter to output the value so the title would look something like

"Summary Report 20110731"

Thanks for your help.

Embed a parameter into Title statement

Reeza — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 19:01:49 GMT

Use double quotation marks, not single, macro variables will not resolve inside single quotation marks.

Re: Embed a parameter into Title statement

MikeZdeb — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 19:16:36 GMT

Hi ... use double-quotes on the title ...

* hard coded;

%let cur_monthend = 20110731 ;

title "Summary Report &cur_monthend" ;

proc print data=sashelp.class (obs=1);

run;

Summary Report 20110731

Name Sex Age Height Weight

Alfred M 14 69 112.5

You could make the code 'dynamic' ...

* changes with the day job is run;

data _null_;

call symputx('cur_monthend', put(intnx('month',today(), 0,'e'),yymmddn.));

run;

title "Summary Report &cur_monthend";

proc print data=sashelp.class (obs=1);

run;

Summary Report 20110831

Name Sex Age Height Weight

Alfred M 14 69 112.5

from ...

http://www.datimpact.be/tips/finding-the-last-day-of-the-month-in-sas-using-intnx.php