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buechler66
Barite | Level 11

Hi. I have two WHEN statements within my Case statement and I'm attempting to enclose part of the When statement in parentheses using SAS contatentation bars, but I'm getting syntax errors:

 

		proc sql;
		create table QueryData&ZIP5._&RULE_ORDER_CHAR as
		select DISTINCT %unquote(%str(%')&ANALYSIS_DESC.%str(%')) as rule_nm length = 58, 
					a.actual_dlvry_date as ad_dt, 
					a.imb_code length = 31, 
					&RULE_ORDER as rule_order,
					a.imb_dlvry_zip_5,
					CASE 
						WHEN "("||%scan(&rule_list, 1,#)||")" AND a.RULEFLAG = "-" THEN "&RULE_ORDER"
						WHEN "("||%scan(&rule_list, 2,#)||")" AND a.RULEFLAG = "-" THEN "&RULE_ORDER"
					END as RuleFlag
		from QueryData&ZIP5 as a 
		inner join QueryData&ZIP5 as b 
		on a.imb_code=b.imb_code 
		where a.source="A" and b.source="B" 
220                       &RULE_ORDER as rule_order,                     a.imb_dlvry_zip_5,                     CASE
220!               WHEN "("||%scan(&rule_list, 1,#)||")" AND a.RULEFLAG = "-" THEN "&RULE_ORDER"                         WHEN
                                                   --
                                                   22
                                                   76
220! "("||%scan
ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: !, &, AND, OR, THEN, |.

ERROR 76-322: Syntax error, statement will be ignored.

Can anyone help me to resolve this error?

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Shmuel
Garnet | Level 18

There is no need to do concatenation.

You may write:

    CASE WHEN (%scan(&rule_list, 1,#)) and ...

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Shmuel
Garnet | Level 18

There is no need to do concatenation.

You may write:

    CASE WHEN (%scan(&rule_list, 1,#)) and ...

buechler66
Barite | Level 11
Thanks for your insight!
Reeza
Super User

I'm not sure I see the need for macro code at all:

 

WHEN (scan("&rule_list", 1, "#") AND a.RULEFLAG = "-" THEN "&RULE_ORDER"

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