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Nasser_DRMCP
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10

Hello,

in a including program; I have got a macro program that need a program name (and folder) as parameter.

In a master program, I have an include of the including program and then I can call the macro by passing &SYSINCLUDEFILEDIR/&SYSINCLUDEFILENAME .

like this %mc_get_prog_info_inc(&SYSINCLUDEFILEDIR/&SYSINCLUDEFILENAME); and It works.I mean the &SYSINCLUDEFILEDIR/&SYSINCLUDEFILENAME contains the correct name of the including program.

But in the including program, if i try to call the macro in another macro like this:

%let test=1;

%macro test;

%if &test=1 %then do ;

%mc_get_prog_info_inc(&SYSINCLUDEFILEDIR/&SYSINCLUDEFILENAME);

%end ;

%mend;

%test ;

it does not work. i mean &SYSINCLUDEFILEDIR and &SYSINCLUDEFILENAME are empty !

thanks in advance for your help

regards

Nasser

 

 

 

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s_lassen
Meteorite | Level 14

Yes, that's how it is. These two variables are empty inside macros. The easy way out is probably to put the two variables in another macro variable, e.g.:

%let filepath=&SYSINCLUDEFILEDIR/&SYSINCLUDEFILENAME; /* This is in the top of the %include'd program */

Then you can call the macro like this

%mc_get_prog_info_inc(&filepath);

You already got one solution for this, earlier.

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s_lassen
Meteorite | Level 14

Yes, that's how it is. These two variables are empty inside macros. The easy way out is probably to put the two variables in another macro variable, e.g.:

%let filepath=&SYSINCLUDEFILEDIR/&SYSINCLUDEFILENAME; /* This is in the top of the %include'd program */

Then you can call the macro like this

%mc_get_prog_info_inc(&filepath);

You already got one solution for this, earlier.

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