Hi SAS Users,
I am using SAS University Edition and I want to add the macro variable in the title.
data a;
input group $;
datalines;
groupa
groupb
;
run;
%macro print (group);
title '&group';
proc print data = a;
where group = &group;
run;
%mend print;
%print (group);
my output title is only showing "&group" instead of "groupa" which I want to be.
How should I correct the code?
Use double quotes instead of single quotes, macro variables do not resolve in single quotes.
This allows a user to have a & or % in a string and SAS will not try to resolve it, otherwise it would think it's related to a macro or macro variable.
@superbibi wrote:
Hi SAS Users,
I am using SAS University Edition and I want to add the macro variable in the title.
data a; input group $; datalines; groupa groupb ; run; %macro print (group); title '&group'; proc print data = a; where group = &group; run; %mend print; %print (group);
my output title is only showing "&group" instead of "groupa" which I want to be.
How should I correct the code?
Thank you so much! After changing as a double quote it works! I correct the other issues too. Sorry for the mistakes.
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