Select second half of the string / display a note on a single line.

[xxformat_com]

My problem: The path is not displayed in the same line as NOTE: (MYMACRO) XXOUTPATH=

%let xxoutpath=C:/Users/xxdemo/Documents/Dropbox/xxdemo/xxdemo_prod_programming/sas/val/mymacro/reporting;
%put %str(NOT)E: (MYMACRO) XXOUTPATH= &xxoutpath.;

It means that when I search for (MYMACRO) the path is not selected.

data _null_; 
    infile "&xxproject./log/tc001.log"; 
    file "&xxproject./log/review_tc001.log";
    input; 
     if index(_infile_,'(MYMACRO)') ne 0 then put _infile_; 
run

My current solution: create a shorter version of the path, keeping the last 60 characters or less.

data _null_;
    tmp=substr("&xxoutpath.",length("&xxoutpath.")-60); *keep the last 60 characters; 
    call symputx('xxoutpath_short','...' || substr(tmp,findc(tmp,'/')),'L');
    
    put _all_;
run;

%put &xxoutpath_short.;

I'm sure there is a smarter way to get a shorter version. So feel free to comment.

If you have a solution get everything kept in the selection, let me know too.

Cheers

[FreelanceReinh · Accepted solution]

Hi @xxformat_com,

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@xxformat_com wrote:

My problem: The path is not displayed in the same line as NOTE: (MYMACRO) XXOUTPATH=

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My SAS log displays it in the same line. I am using options ls=156, whereas your linesize is probably <117. If you don't want to increase it, you can write two lines after '(MYMACRO)' was found in _INFILE_:

do;
  put _infile_;
  input;
  put _infile_;
end;

[xxformat_com]

Well spotted. Thanks. ls=98 by default in my SAS version.

I keep forgetting that ls and ps have no common default across SAS versions.