topic Re: what is the error in MACROS and How to resolve in SAS Programming

what is the error in MACROS and How to resolve

vinodkurra — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 18:52:51 GMT

Hi
when i typed this program i am getting open code statement recursion error , how can i resolve this error

%LET First=SAS;
%LET Second=Program;
%LET both=&First&Second;
%PUT The results are: &First,&Second,---&both.ming;

Re: what is the error in MACROS and How to resolve

sbb — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 23:37:29 GMT

Your SAS code snippet works with my SAS system -- possibly you have not shared additional info about other SAS code that may have been executed previously, in the same SAS session?

Scott Barry
SBBWorks, Inc.

NOTE: SAS initialization used:
real time 2.08 seconds
cpu time 1.12 seconds

1 options mlogic mprint;
2 %LET First=SAS;
3 %LET Second=Program;
4 %LET both=&First&Second;
5 %PUT The results are: &First,&Second,---&both.ming;
The results are: SAS,Program,---SASProgramming

Re: what is the error in MACROS and How to resolve

piggy — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 01:35:49 GMT

it works fine for me.

75 %LET First=SAS;
76 %LET Second=Program;
77 %LET both=&First&Second;
78 %PUT The results are: &First,&Second,---&both.ming;
The results are: SAS,Program,---SASProgramming

Re: what is the error in MACROS and How to resolve

PatrickG — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:09:24 GMT

Works for me, too. Scott is probably right. Try it again in a new SAS session.