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superbibi
Obsidian | Level 7

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?

 

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Reeza
Super User

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?

 


 

superbibi
Obsidian | Level 7

Thank you so much! After changing as a double quote it works! I correct the other issues too. Sorry for the mistakes. 

Reeza
Super User
Your code has other issues, but I'll give you a chance to debug those first by yourself. If you have other issues, post a new question.

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