%scan function

marathon2 — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 21:05:48 GMT

I am trying to set start_yr to be 2021 and end_yr to be 2022, using the macro below. I am a beginner in SAS programming language. Can someone help?

%macro storms(yr);
%let start_yr = %scan(&yr,1);

%let end_yr = %scan(&yr,2);
%put &=start_yr;

%put &=end_yr;
%mend storms;

Edit:

%storms(2021 2022)

Re: %scan function

ballardw — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 17:36:03 GMT

Macro calls start with %.

So as a minimum you need to use

%storms(2021 2022)