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pawandh
Fluorite | Level 6


%macro nn(dt);
%do i=1 %to 3;
%let x=%sysfunc(scan("&dt",&i,',');
%put &x;
data t;
set &x;
run;
proc print;run;
%end;
%mend;
%nn(one,two,three);

want to print all the three data sets,getting error that More positional parameters found than defined.

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JoshB
Quartz | Level 8

You are passing three parameter (one , two , and three), while only defining one parameter to be passed (dt).

 

You can either quote what you are trying to pass to the macro

 

%nn(%quote(one,two,three))

Or, you can modify the macro to include a space as a delimiter in your scan function and pass the parameter separated by spaces.

%macro nn(dt);
%do i=1 %to 3;
%let x=%sysfunc(scan(&dt,&i,', '));
%put &x;
data t;
set &x;
run;
proc print;run;
%end;
%mend;
%nn(one two three)

 

 

Jagadishkatam
Amethyst | Level 16
please try to call the macro as %nn(%nrstr(one,two,three))
Thanks,
Jag

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