HAVE:
/* in yyyy-mm-dd format */
/* date1 is a macro variable within the program */
/* current value of date1 */
date1 = 2017-04-20
NEED:
date1 = '2017-04-20'
ATTEMPT:
/* Tried to put double quotes around it then replace it with single quotes, but this didn't work. */
data _null_;
set date1;
date1= quote(date1);
%put &date1
date1= %sysfunc (translate (&date1,%str(%"),%str(%')));
run;
Can someone tell me the place where I'm going wrong?
%let date1 = %unquote(%str(%'&date1%'));
It comes from a refined table (getdates) which only has one data value in its column (date1)
proc sql noprint;
select date
into :date1
from getdates;
quit;
proc sql noprint;
select quote(date, "'")
into :date1
from getdates;
quit;
Pass it with quotes in the value already then.
@unwanted_banana wrote:
It comes from a refined table (getdates) which only has one data value in its column (date1)
proc sql noprint;
select date
into :date1
from getdates;
quit;
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