Macro date does not resolve

[pangea17]

I am using enterprise guide 8.2 and SAS 9.4  

%MACRO cycle (name, mo);

proc sql;      

create     table &mo AS

select a.creditaccountid, b.statusreasoncode as src_&name, c.externalstatuscode as esc_&name

from newdw.factfinancialmonthly a left join newdw.dimstatusreason b ON a.dimstatusreasonid=b.dimstatusreasonid

left join newdw.dimexternalstatus c ON a.dimexternalstatusID=c.dimexternalstatusID

where reportingdate eq "&mo"d

and activeaccountindicator= 1;

QUIT;

%MEND;

%cycle ('jan22','31jan2022'd);

ERROR MESSAGE

'31jan2022'd

ERROR22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: a name, a quoted string.  ERROR 200-322: The symbol is not recognized and will be ignored.

[PaigeMiller]

When you run a macro, all macro variables are replaced by their value. So your macro actually runs this code that I am showing you. This code must be legal valid working SAS code, and it is not.

proc sql;      

create     table '31jan2022'd AS

select a.creditaccountid, b.statusreasoncode as src_'jan22', c.externalstatuscode as esc_'jan22'

from newdw.factfinancialmonthly a left join newdw.dimstatusreason b ON a.dimstatusreasonid=b.dimstatusreasonid

left join newdw.dimexternalstatus c ON a.dimexternalstatusID=c.dimexternalstatusID

where reportingdate eq "'31jan2022'd"d

and activeaccountindicator= 1;

QUIT;

Can you see what the problem is here? What different parts of this code are not legal valid working SAS code? How would you fix it to make it legal valid working SAS code?

[Tom · Accepted solution]

The macro variable reference obviously did resolve.  If it did not resolve then you would have seen &mo in the error message instead of the value of MO.

What is it you are trying to do?
What is the SAS code you are trying to use the macro to generate?