How to add single quote to a macro variable outside macro

[Aniruddhaanu]

Data _null_
Call symput ('Month',put(intnx('month',today(),-2,'B'),monname.));
%put &month1. "22
While resolving macro variable month1 i want "22 ( single quite and 22 ) at the end of macro variable how i can add ?

[PaigeMiller]

Could you please fix the syntax errors in your code, which does not run at all.

It seems as if you are creating a month name, but then you say

While resolving macro variable month1 i want "22 ( single quite and 22 ) at the end of macro variable how i can add ?

and this doesn't make sense to me as a month name will never yield "22 when a quote is put in front of the month name.

[Aniruddhaanu]

Actually I want in mail that ,this is data of May"22.

I have checked no syntax error there.
Even i can Abe to create May_22 variable but unable to create May"22

[Kurt_Bremser]

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@Aniruddhaanu wrote:
Actually I want in mail that ,this is data of May"22.

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Do it in the data step that writes the mail:

proc format;
picture mydate
  low-high = '%b"%0y' (datatype=date)
;
run;

data _null_;
var = put(intnx('month',today(),-2,'B'),mydate.);
put "This is data of " var;
run;

This way you avoid that the quote will ever appear in the code instead of just in data.

[PaigeMiller]

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@Aniruddhaanu wrote:
Actually I want in mail that ,this is data of May"22.

I have checked no syntax error there.
Even i can Abe to create May_22 variable but unable to create May"22

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Your code, plus a RUN; statement

Data _null_
Call symput ('Month',put(intnx('month',today(),-2,'B'),monname.));
run;

LOG

1036  Data _null_
1037  Call symput ('Month',put(intnx('month',today(),-2,'B'),monname.));
                   -------                                  -
                   22                                       22
                                                            200
ERROR 22-7: Invalid option name 'Month'.

ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: a name, a quoted string, /, ;, _DATA_, _LAST_, _NULL_.

ERROR 200-322: The symbol is not recognized and will be ignored.

1037! Call symput ('Month',put(intnx('month',today(),-2,'B'),monname.));
                                                    -
                                                    22
ERROR 22-7: Invalid option name ,.

1038  run;

NOTE: Compression was disabled for data set WORK.CALL because compression overhead would increase the size of the data set.
NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
WARNING: The data set WORK.CALL may be incomplete.  When this step was stopped there were 0 observations and 0 variables.
WARNING: Data set WORK.CALL was not replaced because this step was stopped.
NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):
      real time           0.02 seconds
      cpu time            0.01 seconds

Please provide code without syntax errors from now on.

[Kurt_Bremser]

Quotes (especially unbalanced quotes) are VERY dangerous in macro variables, as they will always trick the SAS interpreter into thinking that the string goes on and on, unless you are EXTREMELY diligent in using tools to mask the quote.

What do you try to do with this macro variable later on?

[Kurt_Bremser]

You can create a format that automatically includes the quote and year:

proc format;
picture mydate
  low-high = '%b"%0y' (datatype=date)
;
run;

data _null_;
call symput ('Month',put(intnx('month',today(),-2,'B'),mydate.));
run;

or you add the quote in the original step:

call symput ('Month',put(intnx('month',today(),-2,'B'),monname.)!!'"22');

[Aniruddhaanu]

Getting ,error:open code statement recursion detected

[Kurt_Bremser]

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@Aniruddhaanu wrote:
Getting ,error:open code statement recursion detected

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My code does not have a single element which could cause this message, it is tested. Start a new session and run my code, nothing else.

If you run additional code, post your complete log.

[Ksharp · Accepted solution]

You have already got the desired result. Just add %nrbquote() to mask the single quote.

Data _null_;
Call symput ('Month1',put(intnx('month',today(),-2,'B'),monname.));
stop;
run;
%put %nrbquote( &month1. '22 ) ;