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BonnaryW
Obsidian | Level 7

Hello,

 

We have a folder with year (folder2014, folder2015) and every new year, we have to modify the libname to read the current year. Is there a way to subsutiute the year with the %sysfunc(year("&sysdate"d));

 

LIBNAME '/SASLIBRARY/SASDATA/folder||&syear';

 

Thank you,

Bonnary

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Astounding
PROC Star

It shouldn't be a problem, but you will need to switch the double quotes and single quotes.  For example:

 

LIBNAME "/SASLIBRARY/SASDATA/folder%sysfunc(year('&sysdate'd))";

 

If it doesn't work as is, there should be an easy fix.  Give it a shot and see what you get.

 

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Astounding
PROC Star

It shouldn't be a problem, but you will need to switch the double quotes and single quotes.  For example:

 

LIBNAME "/SASLIBRARY/SASDATA/folder%sysfunc(year('&sysdate'd))";

 

If it doesn't work as is, there should be an easy fix.  Give it a shot and see what you get.

 

BonnaryW
Obsidian | Level 7
Thank you, it's worked wonderfully.

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