How do you use the %input statement?

[FlorianG]

Good evening,

does anyone know how to use the %input statement in a macro in order to read in a value for a macro variable?

I use SAS Enterprise Guide, so the macro is written in the code window. 

My first attempts unfortunately didn't work.

I tried something like this:

%macro identi; 
%put Type in your name; 
%input name; 
%put Type in your age; 
%input age; 
%put &name is &age years old; 
%mend identi; 

%identi;

When you start the program, there is no possibility for the user to type in the values for the variables. Only the log window opens.

Do I have to program an extra window where the user can type in the variable values or is there something else wrong?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

FlorianG

[ballardw]

For EG you may want to look at PROMPT.

The %input and %window statements were created before much in the GUI. Also, the variables you create this way would exist for the duration of the macro (brief). You would want to add %Global statements to make the varaibles persist after the macro runs. See the documentation on scope of macro variables.

[DMoovendhan · Accepted solution]

%input  works well in sas PC and in command prompt, but for command prompt sas you can use x command and echo instead of %put to pass on the message to the interface.

_prompt_ works well in noth sas pc and in sas EG.

[FlorianG]

Thank you very much.