MACRO VARIABLE

[HeatherNewton]

%LET PERFDATE=&G_JOB_DATE
sampdate=intnx('month',"&PERFDATE."d,-12,'end');

if I have a series of 10 programs P1.sas to  P10.sas  if I let the above in P3.sas, does that mean PERFDATE stays as G_JOB_DATE till the end of P10.sas program unless I reassign it to something else in any programs after P3.sas?

[Kurt_Bremser]

A macro variable persists throughout a SAS session. As long as the programs are run in a single session, the macro variable will be there.