quotes for macro variable

[gzr2mz39]

Where do I put the quotes in order to get this macro variable (ie &date) to work?
if (daysum=. and day< *&date.*d) then daysum=0;

where * is a single quote mark.
where &date can be, for example, 15Sep10.

Thank you.

[art297]

Have you tried it with double quotes?

Art

[sbb]

When using macro variables coded as literal constants/data-strings with DATA/PROC code, double-quotes are required for proper resolution. Also, when debugging your program, code the OPTIONS SYMBOLGEN, also consider this coding for debugging macros and macro variables:

OPTIONS SOURCE SOURCE2 MACROGEN SYMBOLGEN MPRINT;

Scott Barry
SBBWorks, Inc.

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[gzr2mz39]

Double quotes worked.
For what ever reason they didn't work the first time I tried.
Thanks.

[PatrickG]

With macros, use double quotes. The SAS Macro Facility will not look inside of single quotes.

[chang_y_chung_hotmail_com]

> With macros, use double quotes. The SAS Macro
> Facility will not look inside of single quotes.

Technically, this is too sweeping a statement. You cannot really say that Macro *never* look inside of single quotes as shown on the thread started with this sas-l posting.