Macro Not getting resolved

[helloSAS]

I’ve a macro question. In the below code &err is resolving to mdl_rc but I want it to resolve to mdl_rc=1. Can you suggest what I’m doing wrong here?

     %let mdl_rc=1; %put &mdl_rc;

           %macro systask_err(err);

                             %put &err;

                             %if &err > 1 %then %do;

                                  %put "it resolves to &err.";

                                  data _null_; file outbox to=("xxx@gmail.com")

                                  subject="&err systask failed";

                                  run;

                                *  endsas;

                             %end;

                             %else %do;

                                  data _null_; file outbox to=("xxx.gmail.com")

                                  subject="&err systask success";

                                  run;

                             %end;

                    %mend;

           *waitfor _all_ mdl;

             %systask_err(mdl_rc);

[jklaverstijn]

Hi @helloSAS,

I see two ways to get what you want (if I understand you correctly):

Either call the macro this way:

%systask_err(&mdl_rc);

or, inside the macro, use a triple ampersand in when referring to the value of mdl_rc and not its name:

%put "it resolves to &&&err.";

Hope this helps,

- Jan.

[Astounding]

Using the same tools already suggested, you can get:

%put It resolves to &err=&&&err..;