topic macro variable resolution in pipe?? in SAS Procedures

macro variable resolution in pipe??

sassharp — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 23:03:39 GMT

data two;

set one(keep=year);

call symput('newyear',year);

run;

filename dirlist pipe 'ls "/data/set1/&year." /s';

here &year. is not resolving.

any papers on this pipe?

Re: macro variable resolution in pipe??

Tom — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 23:21:30 GMT

Use double quotes on the outside to allow macro variable references.

data _null_;

set one ;

call symputx('newyear',year);

stop;

run;

filename dirlist pipe "ls -R ""/data/set1/&year"" " ;

Re: macro variable resolution in pipe??

damanaulakh88 — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 04:24:21 GMT

Hi,

Try this with single quotes around the file path:-

data two;

set one(keep=year);

call symput('newyear',year);

run;

filename dirlist pipe '/data/set1/&year.';

/Daman