Is there a way to Append an Apostrophe?

[DavidPhillips2]

In SAS 9.2 Is there a way to append an Apostrophe?

%macro testMacro();

            %let apostrophe = %str(');

            %let sumLevText = "1";

            %let sumLevText = &apostrophe.&sumLevText.&apostrophe;

%mend;

%testMacro();

I’m thinking that it has something to do with using quote() but I’m not sure.

I’m trying to transform

1, 2, 3 to ‘1’, ‘2,’ ‘3’ I can split the string but adding the apostrophe causes errors.

[FriedEgg · Accepted solution]

%let apostrophe=%str(%'); *you should properly escape it;

%let sumLevText = 1; *don't use "'s;

%let sumLevText = &apostrophe.&sumLevText.&apostrophe.;

%put >>>&sumLevText.;