BookmarkSubscribeRSS Feed
🔒 This topic is solved and locked. Need further help from the community? Please sign in and ask a new question.
cam03
Calcite | Level 5

Hello,

I am creating an xml file and trying to resolve a macro unsuccessfully. The ultimate goal is the line must read:

<Form formId="1234 " lastModifiedDate="03/26/13" status="D">

In the above, the formId will be generated from an existing variable. The problem area is lastModifiedDate, which I want to generate from a macro.

%let currentdate=%sysfunc (today(), worddate.);

put ' <Form formId=" 'formId $12.' " lastModifiedDate= " ' &currentdate ' " status="D"> ' ;

Suggestions?

Thank you so much!

1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION

Accepted Solutions
SteveNZ
Obsidian | Level 7

Try:

data _null_ ;

    formid = '1234' ;

    x = cats('<Form formId="',formid,'" lastModifiedDate = "', put(today(),mmddyy8.) ,'" status = "D">') ;

    put x ;

run ;

View solution in original post

2 REPLIES 2
SteveNZ
Obsidian | Level 7

Try:

data _null_ ;

    formid = '1234' ;

    x = cats('<Form formId="',formid,'" lastModifiedDate = "', put(today(),mmddyy8.) ,'" status = "D">') ;

    put x ;

run ;

cam03
Calcite | Level 5

Thank you so much! Very much appreciated! Thank you from a health department still learning their way around SAS Smiley Happy

sas-innovate-2024.png

Join us for SAS Innovate April 16-19 at the Aria in Las Vegas. Bring the team and save big with our group pricing for a limited time only.

Pre-conference courses and tutorials are filling up fast and are always a sellout. Register today to reserve your seat.

 

Register now!

How to Concatenate Values

Learn how use the CAT functions in SAS to join values from multiple variables into a single value.

Find more tutorials on the SAS Users YouTube channel.

Click image to register for webinarClick image to register for webinar

Classroom Training Available!

Select SAS Training centers are offering in-person courses. View upcoming courses for:

View all other training opportunities.

Discussion stats
  • 2 replies
  • 875 views
  • 0 likes
  • 2 in conversation