Macro: Handling Unbalanced Quotations in a SAS Macro variable

[CC_SAS]

Hi Community,

I have the following data coming through a macro variable, I need to print the data AS IS in the TITLE Statement:

Sample Data:

1Q18-4Q18 CLEARIT UP P25-54 CMT C3
1Q18-4Q18 GIMMY JOHN'S BANDWATCHES SC P18-49 CMDY C3
""BANTAGE 3Q18 UBILOFT ""ASSASIN'S CREED ODYSSEY"" UP M18-34 AMTV C3"

"1Q18-3Q18 PEPPER  GROUP ""Terry"" UP P18-34 SPKE C3"

I have worked on the single quote & double quote cases in the IF-ELSE clause. 

Commented code is for the DOUBLE Quotes.

Challenges:

1. I am unable to run both the cases at once.

2. How do i solve for the string in 3rd Line, i need to print this in TITLE statement AS IS.

Here is the code which I developed:

options mlogic;
%macro test();
%macro d;%mend d;
%do i=1 %to 3;
proc sql noprint;
select SRCE_DL_NM into :SRCE_DL_NM from data.text where strip(put(sno,8.))="&i.";
;quit;
data dummy;
length SRCE_DL $200.;
SRCE_DL="&SRCE_DL_NM.";
/*SRCE_DL1=&SRCE_DL_NM.;*/
col = CATS("SR_DL",&i.);
x=find(SRCE_DL,"'");
if x > 0 then do;
	SR_DL = cats( '"', SRCE_DL,'"');
	call symputx(col,%bquote(SR_DL)) ;
end;
/*else IF find(SRCE_DL1,'"') >  0 then do;*/
/*	SR_DL = cats( "'", SRCE_DL1,"'");*/
/*	call symputx(col,%nrquote(SR_DL));*/
/*end;*/
else  call symputx(col,SRCE_DL) ;
run;
%put &&SR_DL&i;
proc print data=sashelp.cars(obs=1);
TITLE &&SR_DL&i;
run;
%end;
%mend();
%test();

Thank you 🙂

[RW9]

I would question why you are doing this in macro?  A fundamental concept of SAS is the ability to do by group processing.  Just put your title in the data itself and then do:

proc print data=...;
  by your_title_variable;
  title '#byval1';
run;

Its really simple.  Another method is to call execute from a dataset, avoids all the looping, macro variables etc.  Again, simpler coding.

Provide test data in the form of a datastep and what you want to see out from that for more guidance.

[CC_SAS]

Actually i am using it only in the TITLE statement inside a SAS MACRO, PROC Print I have used to see the Result in the SAS EG. So basically whatever the macro variable holds i have to print it using TITLE statement.

[RW9]

Title statements only have relevance in terms of a procedure which produces output...

Macro does not produce output, macro does not execute code etc. Macro is a find and replace system.

[CC_SAS · Accepted solution]

I got the solution.

proc sql noprint;
select count(*) into :nrows from data.text;
%put &nrows;
;quit;

%macro test();
%macro d;%mend d;
%do i=1 %to &nrows;
proc sql noprint;
select SRCE_DL_NM into :SRCE_DL_NM from data.text where strip(put(sno,8.))="&i.";
;quit;

%let SRCE_DL = %NRBQUOTE(&SRCE_DL_NM);
proc print data=sashelp.cars(obs=1);
TITLE &SRCE_DL;
RUN;

%end;
%mend();
%test();

Thank you 🙂