I have a data set with a field called Key which has values ranging from 1 to 25 and these represent different conditions;
Condition one is: if Fieldx = 1 then let comment = "exclud"e
Condition two is: if Fieldx = 2 and Fieldy ne 4 then comment =" always include"
and so on.
So the conditions vary in terms of the number of fields that affect the condition
I want to build a macro like;
%macro test(condition);
data test;
set test;
if &condition;
run;
%mend;
%test(fieldx=2);
%test(fieldx=2 and fieldy ne 4);
Something like this but which works.
Basically I can do this very simply if there is only one field affecting the condition but if it varies is there a way of building this into the macro
Hi,
Have you tried to use the function %STR()? All macro should work if you call it like
%test(%STR(fieldx=2));
%test(%STR(fieldx=2 and fieldy ne 4));
Hi,
Have you tried to use the function %STR()? All macro should work if you call it like
%test(%STR(fieldx=2));
%test(%STR(fieldx=2 and fieldy ne 4));
Thanks a million, that worked!
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