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Sk1_SAS
Obsidian | Level 7

Hello Team,

 

SAS code working properly in Base SAS but is not working in batch. 

 

I've tried to create a macro in batch and it does not work.

 

%LET RANGE_DATE = %sysfunc(putn(%SYSFUNC(INTNX(month,%sysfunc(inputn(%sysfunc(today()),yymmddn8.)),-3)),yymmn6.));
%put &RANGE_DATE;

Result in Base SAS:

202104

 

Result in batch mode:

.

 

Do you know why?

 

Thanks!

 

 

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Tom
Super User Tom
Super User

There is no reason that code should work any differently in batch.

The issue must be somewhere else.

 

But why is that code so convoluted? Is it not just trying to calculate three months ago as a YYYYMM digit string?

%let RANGE_DATE = %sysfunc(intnx(month,%sysfunc(today()),-3),yymmn6.);
%put &=RANGE_DATE;

 

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Tom
Super User Tom
Super User

There is no reason that code should work any differently in batch.

The issue must be somewhere else.

 

But why is that code so convoluted? Is it not just trying to calculate three months ago as a YYYYMM digit string?

%let RANGE_DATE = %sysfunc(intnx(month,%sysfunc(today()),-3),yymmn6.);
%put &=RANGE_DATE;

 

Sk1_SAS
Obsidian | Level 7
i've simplified the code and it just worked.

Tks.

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