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milts
Pyrite | Level 9

I'm having some problems when putting a string with quotes into a file. I starts to get some problems when I assign it into a variable in my data step.

 

Greatly appreciate any assistance. Thanks!

 

 

%let val = -remove "User1":ALL;

data _null_;
file myfile;
tmp = "&val";
put tmp(~);
run;
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SASKiwi
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%let val = -remove "User1":ALL;

data _null_;
file myfile;
tmp = symget("val");
put tmp(~);
run;

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SASKiwi
PROC Star
%let val = -remove "User1":ALL;

data _null_;
file myfile;
tmp = symget("val");
put tmp(~);
run;

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