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vinit_correia
Fluorite | Level 6

Hello,

what is the difference between single quote and double quote??

i know the one in macros..but is there any other difference between them????

 

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Reeza
Super User

Other than resolving macro variables not really in SAS. 

 

The he only other time it becomes useful is,to mask one or the other. 

 

Ie

 

var = " There's an apostrophe in my variable";

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Reeza
Super User

Other than resolving macro variables not really in SAS. 

 

The he only other time it becomes useful is,to mask one or the other. 

 

Ie

 

var = " There's an apostrophe in my variable";

vinit_correia
Fluorite | Level 6

got it...thanks

 

Reeza
Super User

One other case - opposite of macro, ir you have a percent or ampersand you don't want SAS to interpret as a macro/macro variable then use single quotes. 

vinit_correia
Fluorite | Level 6

got it...thanks for help

 

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