Hello
Let's say that a user define a parameter
%let mon=1804;
(meaning April 2018)
I want that SAS will create automatically a new parameter called tar that get value '30APR2017'd (end of month after deduct 12 months from mon parameter)
How can I do it?
Thanks
Ronein
%let mon = 1804;
data out;
format tar yymmdd10.;
tar = intnx('month',input("&mon",yymmn4.),-12,'end');
run;
🙂
//Fredrik
%let mon = 1804;
data out;
format tar yymmdd10.;
tar = intnx('month',input("&mon",yymmn4.),-12,'end');
run;
🙂
//Fredrik
The question is why you need two macro variables for this. You have stated you have one macro variable with a timepoint, and you know the logic to get end of month date from that, so why store that second one in a macro variable, just apply the logic where you need it.
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