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Barkat
Pyrite | Level 9

The following statement is for current year

%let Yr = %sysfunc(Year(%sysfunc(today())));

What would be the statement for previous year or next year?

I tried the statement below, but did not work.

%let PrevYr = %sysfunc(Year(%sysfunc(today())))-1;
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Tom
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If you want the macro processor to preform arithmetic you have to ask it. 

 

%EVAL() will do integer arithmetic, which is all you need. 

%let PrevYr = %eval(&yr-1);

If you need floating point values use %SYSEVALF().

 

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Tom
Super User Tom
Super User

If you want the macro processor to preform arithmetic you have to ask it. 

 

%EVAL() will do integer arithmetic, which is all you need. 

%let PrevYr = %eval(&yr-1);

If you need floating point values use %SYSEVALF().

 

Barkat
Pyrite | Level 9
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