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kimdukes77
Obsidian | Level 7

I am attempting to resolve a formatted macro variable inside ODS PDF text but am getting the error message below:-

 

  ERROR: More positional parameters found than defined.

 

If I remove the formatting from the 'total' it prints as expected, but it has to be comma formatted.

 

Code is below.  Can anyone help?

 

proc sql noprint;
select count(zip) format=comma10. into :total

from sashelp.zipcode;
quit; %put &total;

 

ods pdf file = 'c:\test.pdf';

ods pdf text = "This is the total: %left(&total)";

ods pdf close;

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Astounding
PROC Star

You're getting that error because the %LEFT function sees something like this:

 

%left(   123,456)

 

The comma appears to %LEFT as marking the end of the first parameter and the start of the second parameter.

 

The simplest solution would be to get rid of %LEFT.  First, remove leading blanks from &TOTAL using:

 

%let total = &total;

 

Then you can simplify the later statement:

 

ods pdf text = "This is the total: &total";

 

Good luck.

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Astounding
PROC Star

You're getting that error because the %LEFT function sees something like this:

 

%left(   123,456)

 

The comma appears to %LEFT as marking the end of the first parameter and the start of the second parameter.

 

The simplest solution would be to get rid of %LEFT.  First, remove leading blanks from &TOTAL using:

 

%let total = &total;

 

Then you can simplify the later statement:

 

ods pdf text = "This is the total: &total";

 

Good luck.

kimdukes77
Obsidian | Level 7

Worked brilliantly, thanks for your help!

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