Error:77-185 :invalid number conversion on "&firstm_start_date1." d

[Aniruddhaanu]

Error:77-185 :invalid number conversion on "&firstm_start_date1." d.

Data _null_;
Call symputx('firstm_start_date1', put(intnx('qtr', today(), -1, 'B'), date11.)) ;
Call symputx('thirdm_start_date1', put(intnx('month', "&firstm_start_date1." d, 2,'B'), date11.)) ;

[japelin · Accepted solution]

Macro variables created by call symput cannot be accessed as macro variables until the DATA step is completed, so please do the following.

Data _null_;
Call symputx('firstm_start_date1', put(intnx('qtr', today(), -1, 'B'), date11.)) ;
run;

Data _null_;
Call symputx('thirdm_start_date1', put(intnx('month', "&firstm_start_date1."d, 2,'B'), date11.)) ;
run;

Also, the "D" indicating the date must appear immediately after the quotation marks, so remove the space