I want to use environment variables in X statement. For example,
x'%programfiles%\sashome\sasfoundation\9.4\sas.exe';
The problem is that quotes in X statements are optional. I originally put single quotes around the path as %PROGRAMFILES% contains one space—C:\Program Files. It seems SAS only reads the contents inside the single quotes and requires double quotes due to the space in %PROGRAMFILES%.
x'"%programfiles%\sashome\sasfoundation\9.4\sas.exe"';
But this doesn't work as well. How can I reconcile those quotes with X statements?
Run these commands with the filename pipe method and see what response(s) you get.
Example:
filename oscmd pipe '"%programfiles%\sashome\sasfoundation\9.4\sas.exe" 2>&1';
data _null_;
infile oscmd;
input;
put _infile_;
run;
The SAS log will contain all responses.
Run these commands with the filename pipe method and see what response(s) you get.
Example:
filename oscmd pipe '"%programfiles%\sashome\sasfoundation\9.4\sas.exe" 2>&1';
data _null_;
infile oscmd;
input;
put _infile_;
run;
The SAS log will contain all responses.
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