Hi,
I'm trying to set a variable reading from a dataset some clumns value that should contains strange char as a single quote (') or &.
example:
data inputds;
aaa = "aaa'aaa";
bbb = 'bbb';
ccc = "ccc'ccc'ccc";
ddd = 'dd&dd';
run;
proc sql noprint;
select aaa, bbb, ccc, ddd into :vara, :varb, :varc, :vard from inputds;
quit;
If I run
%put &vara;
%put &varb;
%put &varc;
%put &vard;
Sas does not work. Do there is a way to populate some variables in a safety way independently by what is is contains?
Many thanks
Regards,
Antonio
You can always get tricky characters into macro variables,. As you have found out, utilizing them later may be difficult.
Just to display them, you can use:
%put %superq(vara);
%put %superq(varb);
%put %superq(varc);
%put %superq(vard);
In general, macro quoting functions such as %SUPERQ can temporarily mask the tricky characters. Depending on how you want to use these values, you might need different quoting functions at various points within your code.
Good luck.
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