topic Re: how to make sas to consider the & sign as a character not as a macro in SAS Enterprise Guide

how to make sas to consider the & sign as a character not as a macro

alepage — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 13:10:11 GMT

Hello,

we need to use the acronym D&A which stand for Data and Analytics

How to avoid sas to consider & as the macro variable &A

%macro test;
filename mail email("xxxxxxxx@xxxx.net")
data _null_;
file mail;
put "Support D&A Support";
put "";
run;
%mend test;
%test;
WARNING: Apparent symbolic reference A not resolved.

Re: how to make sas to consider the & sign as a character not as a macro

Kurt_Bremser — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 13:17:42 GMT

Use single quotes.

Re: how to make sas to consider the & sign as a character not as a macro

PaigeMiller — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 13:18:55 GMT

put "Support D%nrstr(&)A Support";