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Pyrite | Level 9

Pyrite | Level 9

Using macro variable in %Let

Posted 11-01-2016 02:59 PM (7993 views)

Why doesn't this work ? It assigns the path with &diag as the string value and not the value of &diag. Is there a work-around ?

%Let diag=ovarian ;
%Let path=Z:\Analysis\&diag ;

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Meteorite | Level 14

Meteorite | Level 14

Re: Using macro variable in %Let

Posted 11-01-2016 03:30 PM (8663 views) | In reply to CP2

%Let diag=ovarian ;

%Let path=%str(Z:\Analysis\&diag) ;

FYI

http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/forum2007/152-2007.pdf

Thanks,
Suryakiran

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Meteorite | Level 14

Meteorite | Level 14

Re: Using macro variable in %Let

Posted 11-01-2016 03:30 PM (8664 views) | In reply to CP2

%Let diag=ovarian ;

%Let path=%str(Z:\Analysis\&diag) ;

FYI

http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/forum2007/152-2007.pdf

Thanks,
Suryakiran

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Re: Using macro variable in %Let

Posted 11-01-2016 03:33 PM (7982 views) | In reply to CP2

Works fine for me:

23 %Let diag=ovarian ;
24 %Let path=Z:\Analysis\&diag ;
25
26 %put &path;
Z:\Analysis\ovarian

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Barite | Level 11

Barite | Level 11

Re: Using macro variable in %Let

Posted 11-01-2016 03:35 PM (7978 views) | In reply to CP2

Works for me:

Meteorite | Level 14

Meteorite | Level 14

Re: Using macro variable in %Let

Posted 11-01-2016 03:36 PM (7977 views) | In reply to CP2

Make sure you run %Let diag=ovarian ;

If you run only %Let path=Z:\Analysis\&diag ;
it will not resolve the macro variable.

Thanks,
Suryakiran