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sourabhy
Calcite | Level 5
i have two macro vatiable as below
%let path='c:/users/sourabh/'
%let file='online.csv'
i need
'c:/users/sourabh/online.csv'
kindly suggest how can i achieve dat
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Ksharp
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%let path='c:/users/sourabh/' ;
%let file='online.csv' ;

%let want=%str(%')%sysfunc(dequote(&path))%sysfunc(dequote(&file))%str(%');

%put &want ;

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Kurt_Bremser
Super User

Start by not putting quotes into macro variables, and it is very easy:

%let path=c:/users/sourabh/;
%let file=online.csv;

%let want=&path.&file.;

Only use (double) quotes where you use the macro variable, eg in a filename statement.

Ksharp
Super User
%let path='c:/users/sourabh/' ;
%let file='online.csv' ;

%let want=%str(%')%sysfunc(dequote(&path))%sysfunc(dequote(&file))%str(%');

%put &want ;

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