Hi everyone,
In a macro I concatenate multiple levels. Seems that one of thats levels have a "%", as a separator i use "#" character and I get differents outputs depending on if I put or not " ".
Here an example
%let var=Test;
%let array=%;
%put &array.#&var.;
%#Test#Test
%put &array.# &var.;
%# Test
%put &array. #&var.;
% #Test #Test
Someone know Why this odd performance? It seems a strange performance that is not presented when there is not the "%"
Thanks
Hi @arodriguez,
Once you have come to gripsd with th emacro facility this behaviour will no longer seem strange. The % sign is what's called a type 3 macro trigger. It has special meaning for the macro facility and will throw things off if not properly stripped from that meaning.
Try coding
%let array=%nrbquote(%);
and your code will run a lot better. (edited from %nrstr(%%) to %nrbquote(%) which is even better)
For background I suggest you read up on macro quoting, an advanced subject indeed. But there are many good resources om the web.
Hope this helps,
- Jan.
Hi @arodriguez,
Once you have come to gripsd with th emacro facility this behaviour will no longer seem strange. The % sign is what's called a type 3 macro trigger. It has special meaning for the macro facility and will throw things off if not properly stripped from that meaning.
Try coding
%let array=%nrbquote(%);
and your code will run a lot better. (edited from %nrstr(%%) to %nrbquote(%) which is even better)
For background I suggest you read up on macro quoting, an advanced subject indeed. But there are many good resources om the web.
Hope this helps,
- Jan.
The question really is why are you doing that, are you trying to make unreadable code?
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