RETURN VALUE OPTIONS for GETOPITON

[FK1]

Hi All,

whenn I run this code, it works fine:

proc optsave out= work.default_options;
run;

data _null_;
set work.default_options;
call symputx(compress("optname"||_N_) , compress(optname));
run;

%MACRO do_it;

data append_set  ;
length optionsname optionswert  $100.;
%DO i=1 %TO   &anz_opts. ;
optionsname = "&&optname&i..";
optionswert = getoption("&&optname&i..");
output;
%END;
run;

%mend;
%do_it;

However, when I specify a return value option (e.g.: "defaultvalue") as a second argument in the getopiton function:

proc optsave out= work.default_options;
run;

data _null_;
set work.default_options;
call symputx(compress("optname"||_N_) , compress(optname));
run;

%MACRO do_it;

data append_set  ;
length optionsname optionswert  $100.;
%DO i=1 %TO   &anz_opts. ;
optionsname = "&&optname&i..";
optionswert = getoption("&&optname&i.." ,DEFAULTVALUE );
output;
%END;
run;

%mend;
%do_it;

I get a note stating that "Variable DEFAULTVALUE is uninitialized."

As far as I understand the help documentation on "getoption" it should be possible to add a second argument to the function.

http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/lesysoptsref/64892/HTML/default/viewer.htm#n096vc8shtf7m...

Am I missing something?

[Astounding · Accepted solution]

Have you tried putting quotes around DEFAULTVALUE?

I can't test it myself for a few hours,but that's often how a DATA step determines that a word is not a variable name..

[FK1]

Sometimes the easiest things are the ones that cause trouble 🙂