Quoting function to return the value with single quote

[David_Billa]

I'm looking for the function or a way to return the macro variable value with single quote. I tried with quote function as shown below but it is producing result with double quotes.

%let ab=%sysfunc(quote(hello));
%put &ab;

Desired Result:

'hello'

[FreelanceReinh · Accepted solution]

Hi @David_Billa,

You can use the second argument of the QUOTE function:

%let ab=%sysfunc(quote(hello,%bquote(')));