Hi all,
I've asked a similar question previously at . But the answer does not seem to address my current case.
I have 10 STATA files which I need to convert to SAS files. Their files names are like "us_ny_YEAR_core.dta"; here, "YEAR" stands for each specific year from 2001 to 2010. As I tried to do the following macro to convert the files, it does not work.
%macro convert_data();
%do i=2001 %to 2010;
proc import out=ny&i datafile="C:\data\us_ny_&i_core.dta";run;
%end;
%mend;
%convert_data();
run;
Anyone has any suggestion? Thanks so much!
Lizi
"C:\data\us_ny_&i_core.dta"
should be
"C:\data\us_ny_&i._core.dta"
the . after the macro variable says to append the following text. As written it is looking for a macro variable named I_core
"C:\data\us_ny_&i_core.dta"
should be
"C:\data\us_ny_&i._core.dta"
the . after the macro variable says to append the following text. As written it is looking for a macro variable named I_core
Thanks, Ballard. I see your point.
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