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radha009
Quartz | Level 8

i have table with data column Month with 12 month names

 

%put &month.;  /* displays September

 

/Trying to get row that month = September

data sh.week_sch1;
set sh.B_fruit;
where Month = &month.;
run;

 

Error 

 

ERROR: Variable September is not on file SH.B_Fruit

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20

Please try "&month"

 

data sh.week_sch1;
set sh.B_fruit;
where Month = "&month";
run;

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novinosrin
Tourmaline | Level 20

Please try "&month"

 

data sh.week_sch1;
set sh.B_fruit;
where Month = "&month";
run;
Kurt_Bremser
Super User

Without the quotes, the word September looks to the data step compiler like a variable name:

data sh.week_sch1;
set sh.B_fruit;
where Month = September;
run;
sustagens
Pyrite | Level 9

You still have to enclose the macro variable month in quotes so that it is processed as a literal string in the where condition.

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