Mask special character "/"

[AlexeyS]

Hello, if I want to print to the log window the next sentence :

%put Today is 15/07/2018;

Why I don't need to add %nrbquote function?

"/" is one of the special characters in %nrbquote / %bquote / %str / %nrstr

http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/mcrolref/62978/HTML/default/viewer.htm#p06cx7fegzmzpen1m...

Thank you

[Astounding]

The %PUT statement does not perform any math.  So / does not trigger any actions on the part of macro language.  In other contexts, you would need to use a quoting function.  For example:

%if &d = 15/07/2018 %then %do;

%IF conditions always get %EVAL applied which would attempt to perform math.  So in the context of a %IF statement you would need specially handling.  There are a variety of ways to accomplish that, not just %nrbquote.

But to answer your original queston %PUT will always treat / as text so no function is needed.