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Moh
Obsidian | Level 7 Moh
Obsidian | Level 7

Hi folks - it could seems a silly question.

 

I have a varlist as a result of macroA.

%macroA;

...

%put &varlist;

%mend;

 

I need to use the created varlist in macroA in macroB as input.

but SAS errors me that &varlist is not recognised.

 

please help me in this regard....

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Reeza
Super User

The issue is variable scope. 

A macro variable created within a macro, is local, it only exists within the macro. To use the macro variable outside of the macro you need to change the scope to global, as someone has already indicated.

 

%global varlist;

 

If you're creating a macro variable using call symput, change to call symputx and use the -g option.

 

 

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Jagadishkatam
Amethyst | Level 16
Could you please let us know how you are using the &varlist in macro B. Is the macro variable &varlist resolving
Thanks,
Jag
Astounding
PROC Star

Within %macroA, add this statement early:

 

%global varlist;

 

That will keep it around after %macroA ends.

 

 

Reeza
Super User

The issue is variable scope. 

A macro variable created within a macro, is local, it only exists within the macro. To use the macro variable outside of the macro you need to change the scope to global, as someone has already indicated.

 

%global varlist;

 

If you're creating a macro variable using call symput, change to call symputx and use the -g option.

 

 

gamotte
Rhodochrosite | Level 12

Apart from using globals, you can make each call of the macro to be substituted

by the variables list as follows :

 

%macro macroA;

     /* Code to generate the list */

     [...]

 

     &varlist

 

%mend macroA;

 

%macro macroB;

 

    %let variables=%macroA;

    [...]

%mend macroB;

 

Moh
Obsidian | Level 7 Moh
Obsidian | Level 7

thanks...

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