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KonstantinVasil
Obsidian | Level 7

 

I spent significant amount of time experimenting with %str and %bquote but without success. 

Code:

%let year = 2019;
%let lable = %sysfunc(cat(text,%str(%(&year.),text)); %put &=lable;

Result: 

    text(2019text

Desired result:

    text(2019)text

 

When I try to mask the second bracket I get errors.

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Kurt_Bremser
Super User

No masking needed at all:

%let year=2019;

%let lable=text(&year.)text;

%put lable=&lable.;

Log:

37         %let year=2019;
38         
39         %let lable=text(&year.)text;
40         
41         %put lable=&lable.;
lable=text(2019)text

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Kurt_Bremser
Super User

No masking needed at all:

%let year=2019;

%let lable=text(&year.)text;

%put lable=&lable.;

Log:

37         %let year=2019;
38         
39         %let lable=text(&year.)text;
40         
41         %put lable=&lable.;
lable=text(2019)text

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