Macros

[mauley]

I am struggling to use macro variables within a macro.

For example:

%LET Run_dt = 31Mar2019;

%LET Report=%SYSFUNC(INTNX(MONTH,"&run_dt."d,0,e),DATE9.);

%LET start=%SYSFUNC(INTNX(MONTH,"&run_dt."d,-11,e),DATE9.);

%put &Report. &start.;

The Log will show

31MAR2019 30APR2018

But I would like to do this within a Macro (there will be part of something larger within the macro I'm not doing it without reason :))

Like this;

%Macro wont_work;

%LET Report=%SYSFUNC(INTNX(MONTH,"&run_dt."d,0,e),DATE9.);

%LET start=%SYSFUNC(INTNX(MONTH,"&run_dt."d,-11,e),DATE9.);

%Mend wont_work;

%month_prov;

This as I'm sure you know doesn't give me the results I want!

Please can someone explain my error to me?

Thankyou!

[Ksharp · Accepted solution]

Make these two macro variable Global .

%LET Run_dt = 31Mar2019;

%Macro wont_work;
%global Report start ;
%LET Report=%SYSFUNC(INTNX(MONTH,"&run_dt."d,0,e),DATE9.);
%LET start=%SYSFUNC(INTNX(MONTH,"&run_dt."d,-11,e),DATE9.);
%Mend wont_work;

 

%wont_work

%put &Report. &start.;

[mauley]

ThankYou! Makes sense ! 🙂