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pavank
Quartz | Level 8
options symbolgen mlogic mprint ;
%let x = Tom&Harry;
%put  &x;
 Above macro not resolve how get correct the code 
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Patrick
Opal | Level 21

The SAS compiler will interpret the & in &Harrry as a macro token unless you instruct the compile to just treat it as a string.

options symbolgen mlogic mprint ;
%let x = %nrstr(Tom&Harry);
%put &x;

or even this way

options symbolgen mlogic mprint ;
%let x = Tom%nrstr(&)Harry;
%put &x;

 

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Patrick
Opal | Level 21

The SAS compiler will interpret the & in &Harrry as a macro token unless you instruct the compile to just treat it as a string.

options symbolgen mlogic mprint ;
%let x = %nrstr(Tom&Harry);
%put &x;

or even this way

options symbolgen mlogic mprint ;
%let x = Tom%nrstr(&)Harry;
%put &x;

 

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