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bncoxuk
Obsidian | Level 7

%macro break(byval);
  data work.age_&byval;
    set work.sorted(where=(age=&byval));
  run;
%mend;
proc sort data=sashelp.class out=work.sorted;
  by age;
run;
options mprint;
data _null_;
  set work.sorted;
  by age;
  if first.age then call execute('%break('||age||')');
run;

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art297
Opal | Level 21

concatenation

bncoxuk
Obsidian | Level 7

Sorry I don't understand why there is concatenation here. The files are produced as age_11, age_12...

art297
Opal | Level 21

It is concatenating the string that is being sent.  In short, it is submitting:

%break(16)

which will run the macro with the variable's value


bncoxuk
Obsidian | Level 7

Can I ask how '||age||' became the value of the variable?

Thanks for help.

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