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sassharp
Calcite | Level 5

data two;

set one(keep=year);

call symput('newyear',year);

run;

filename dirlist pipe 'ls "/data/set1/&year." /s';

here &year. is not resolving.

any papers on this pipe?

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Tom
Super User Tom
Super User

Use double quotes on the outside to allow macro variable references.

data _null_;

  set one ;

  call symputx('newyear',year);

   stop;

run;

filename dirlist pipe "ls -R ""/data/set1/&year"" " ;

damanaulakh88
Obsidian | Level 7

Hi,

Try this with single quotes around the file path:-

data two;

set one(keep=year);

call symput('newyear',year);

run;

filename dirlist pipe '/data/set1/&year.';

/Daman

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