the value of the resolved macro variable

[art297]

They differ by the number of ampersands preceding the macro variable.

[gfarkas]

Right, but among the 6 in your post, #1 is identical to #4, and #2 is identical to #5, and #3 is identical to #6.

[Linlin]

Agreed. they are the same to me too.

[art297]

I have no idea, anymore, of what I had attempted to post back then.  It appears that the discussion was whether periods after a macro variable would cause the variable not to be resolved.  However, my example didn't correctly show that and, in fact, was confusing to say the least.

I just ran the following and they both appear to run correctly whether they do or don't include periods:

%let i=2;

%let name=acct_num;

/* All of the following work */

data x;

   acct_num2=12345;

   put &&name&&i;

run;

data x;

   acct_num2=12345;

   put &&name&&i.;

run;

data x;

   acct_num2=12345;

   put &&name.&&i;

run;

data x;

   acct_num2=12345;

   put &&name.&&i.;

run;

[gfarkas]

Am I missing something? Those two sets of 3 data steps look the same to me.

[Ksharp]

remove double quote.

put  &&name&i. ;

[Peter_C]

Hi Steve

among these responses, has someone suggested placing an = at the end?

Instead of

put "&&name&i.";

try

data ;

   acct_num=123456789 ;

   put  &&name&i=;

run ;