@asouth_neph : You haven't provided any additional details, as yet, but I did think of something that might be at the root of your problem.
Prior to trying to compile the macro, you may have run something that had a left over unbalanced quote. You would have received a warning but, if you didn't restart SAS, that quote would remain unbalanced with anything you ran. That warning often precedes the note you mentioned.
Restart SAS and try again with the original macro and let us know if the problem persists.
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