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bmsampath
Obsidian | Level 7

 

Hi,

 

I have the following issue in Macro code.

 

%let name = "sam'path";

 

Here I need to remove double quote and need to store the value sam'path in a new macro variable.

 

I tried many options and it is not wokring.

 

Please suggest a solution for this .

 

Thanks,

Sampath

 

 

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AhmedAl_Attar
Ammonite | Level 13
If previous tip did not work, try this
%let name = "sam'path";
%let name_unquoted = %qsysfunc(compress(&name,%str(%")));
%put name_unquoted =%superq(name_unquoted);

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AhmedAl_Attar
Ammonite | Level 13
Use %unquote(&name);
AhmedAl_Attar
Ammonite | Level 13
If previous tip did not work, try this
%let name = "sam'path";
%let name_unquoted = %qsysfunc(compress(&name,%str(%")));
%put name_unquoted =%superq(name_unquoted);
bmsampath
Obsidian | Level 7

Big Thanks for the solution.!!! Your 2nd solution fixed the issue.

 

 

 

 

Ksharp
Super User
%let name = "sam'path";
%let name_unquoted = %qsysfunc(dequote(&name));

%put &name_unquoted;

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