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Spintu
Quartz | Level 8

The below output datasets, I would like to create do loop (month and year) , so that it will iterate total no of times . Can you please someone help me?

so that these values I can pass into a different macro.

 

datedate_monthyear
3/3/20183/3/20183032018
3/10/20183/10/20183102018
3/17/20183/17/20183172018
3/24/20183/24/20183242018
3/31/20183/31/20183312018

 

SAS Code:

 

data want;
 sub_table_date='01MAR2018'd;
 end_date=intnx('month', sub_table_date, 0, 'e');
 do date=sub_table_date to end_date;
  if weekday(date)=7 then output ;
 end;
 format date mmddyy10.;
 keep date;
run;

 

 data test;
  set want;
 date_= put(date, mmddyy10.);
  month=trim(compress(substr(date_,1,5),'/'));
    year= substr(date_,7,4); 
   call symput( 'mon',month);
   call symput( 'yr',year);
run;

 

Finally I would like pass this 'mon' and 'yr' value into a do loop statement.

%visit(&mon.,&yr.); 

 

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SuryaKiran
Meteorite | Level 14

Why not in a single data step? Your converting date values to character and passing them as parameters for a macro. I suggest using @Astounding approach with in do loop like: 

 

%Let date=01MAR2018;
Data _NULL_;
do i="&date"D to intnx('month', "&date"D, 0, 'e');
if weekday(i)=7 then call execute (cats(%nrstr('%visit'), '(', put(i,mmddyy4.), ',' , put(year(i),NLDATEYR4.), ')'));
end;
run;
Thanks,
Suryakiran

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RW9
Diamond | Level 26 RW9
Diamond | Level 26

Why?  This should actually be the first question you always ask yourself when you state use macro.  Base SAS can do anything you need with simpler, easier to maintain code.  Macro is just a find replace system.  There are methods to do what you ask, call execute for instance, but present your problem - show some test data in the form of a datastep and what the required output would be.  Its quite likely as simple addition of a by group would remove this need totally.

Astounding
PROC Star

While it might be possible to combine the two DATA steps, let's work with them as they are now.  First, remove the two CALL SYMPUT statements.  Then add in their place:

 

call execute (cats(%nrstr('%visit'), '(', month, ',' , year, ')'));

 

 

SuryaKiran
Meteorite | Level 14

Why not in a single data step? Your converting date values to character and passing them as parameters for a macro. I suggest using @Astounding approach with in do loop like: 

 

%Let date=01MAR2018;
Data _NULL_;
do i="&date"D to intnx('month', "&date"D, 0, 'e');
if weekday(i)=7 then call execute (cats(%nrstr('%visit'), '(', put(i,mmddyy4.), ',' , put(year(i),NLDATEYR4.), ')'));
end;
run;
Thanks,
Suryakiran
Spintu
Quartz | Level 8
Thank you for giving me a good sugesstion. I implemented it's good pratice.
One more clarification in that step can I execute proc append. If so then first i need to create a seperate proc append macro and pass into this same call execute step. Is that make sense?

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