Why fdelete doesnt work in my macro

[andreas_lds]

Difficult to help without seeing the log.

[Citrine10]

I am not finding the piece of code in the log either so it doesnt seem like its even getting there 😞

[Kurt_Bremser]

We will need to see how you insert the code in your macro, so we can detect how the macro code influences the FDELETE operation.

Tips for debugging macros:

• use options mprint mlogic symbolgen;
• insert %put statements so that you can see the state of variables, or identify when points in your logic are reached
• unless you use nested %IF statements or %DO loops, macro code can be run as normal code with a current SAS release, which allows "open code" %IF %THEN %DO %END
• start with inserting the FDELETE action into a small macro, then expand it step by step until you arrive at your original macro code

[Astounding]

Perhaps your macro fails to contain a %MEND statement.

Perhaps your program defines the macro but fails to call the macro.

[ballardw]

Did you have code that worked without creating a macro? First step in macro development is generally non-macro code that works. Then use that to create macro code.