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jay_q
Calcite | Level 5

Please considering following two statements. 2nd data step returns correct index function result but 1st one failed. Any sugguestion to make index function work with %let statement? Many thanks.

%let num=%sysfunc(index('/abc/cde/dev/data/ods','/data'));
%put #

data _null_;
num=index('/abc/cde/dev/data/ods','/data');
put num=;
run;

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ballardw
Super User

Try this:

%let num=%index(/abc/cde/dev/data/ods,/data);

%put #

The macro processor generally doesn't use the quotes to deal with strings.

Also there are several MACRO language specific string functions you should use instead of working around the differences when using %sysfunc such as %index, %scan, %substr, %trim and variations such as %Kscan %qkscan,%ksubstr, %ktrim

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ballardw
Super User

Try this:

%let num=%index(/abc/cde/dev/data/ods,/data);

%put #

The macro processor generally doesn't use the quotes to deal with strings.

Also there are several MACRO language specific string functions you should use instead of working around the differences when using %sysfunc such as %index, %scan, %substr, %trim and variations such as %Kscan %qkscan,%ksubstr, %ktrim

jay_q
Calcite | Level 5

Thanks for all your reply. It looks like quotes are not necessary in this case. Both statements work the same below.

%let num=%index(/abc/cde/dev/data/ods,/data);

%put #

%let num=%index(/abc/cde/dev/data/ods,/data);

%put #

Tom
Super User Tom
Super User

The quotes are considered part of the strings by the macro processor. So there is no match because of the quotes around /data.

See what happens if you try it this way.

%let num=%sysfunc(index(/abc/cde/dev'/data'/ods','/data'));


jay_q
Calcite | Level 5

Hi Tom, thanks for your answer. It worked out great.

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