when the source dataset name contains dashes

[Dennis_K]

154 data myprint.conractInformations-Sites; set disctool.conractInformations_Sites; run;
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ERROR: File DISCTOOL.conractInformations_Sites.DATA does not exist.

ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: a name, a quoted string, (, /, ;,
_DATA_, _LAST_, _NULL_.

ERROR 200-322: The symbol is not recognized and will be ignored.

[Kurt_Bremser]

SAS names can only contain letters, digits or underlines, and must not start with a digit.

[SASKiwi]

This is likely to work but why change to non-standard names? You'll end up with a lot of extra typing in your programs:

data myprint.'conractInformations-Sites'n; set disctool.conractInformations_Sites; run;

[Dennis_K]

I'm writing a macro to copy the datasets from the source library. The source dataset name contains dashes.

[ScottBass]

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@Dennis_K wrote:
I'm writing a macro to copy the datasets from the source library. The source dataset name contains dashes.

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Not in the code/log excerpt you posted.

[ScottBass]

154 data myprint.conractInformations-Sites; set disctool.conractInformations_Sites; run;

Your source dataset is disctool.conractInformations_Sites, and does not contain a dash.  Does it in fact exist?

Because the error message is:

ERROR: File DISCTOOL.conractInformations_Sites.DATA does not exist.

That name does not contain a dash, it contains an underscore.

Your target dataset is myprint.conractInformations-Sites.  You should have control over that name, since your code is creating the dataset.  Don't use dashes.  Problem solved.

[Ksharp · Accepted solution]

options validmemname=extend ;

data myprint.'conractInformations-Sites'n;
 set .........