options MPRINT MLOGIC MERROR SYMBOLGEN;
%macro srt(dsn=,s_dsn=,key=,byvar=,d_dsn=);
proc sort data = &dsn out = &s_dsn &key dupout = &d_dsn;
by &byvar;
run;
%mend;
%srt(dsn=sashelp.class,s_dsn = srt_cls,byvar = sex,key = nodupkey); Hi All, I have created a Standard macro for sorting procedure with all the possible macro keyword parameters. The ERROR is at Dupout step is : Expecting a name. At scenarios where need to store duplicate values there won't be any error because i will be passing the value for that parameter. But at some scenarios no need to store duplicate values. since it is keyword parameter no nee to pass value for macro variable while calling a macro. here am getting error. it is as follows: 224 options MPRINT MLOGIC MERROR SYMBOLGEN;
225
226 %macro srt(dsn=,s_dsn=,key=,byvar=,d_dsn=);
227 proc sort data = &dsn out = &s_dsn &key dupout = &d_dsn;
228 by &byvar;
229 run;
230 %mend;
231
232 %srt(dsn=sashelp.class,s_dsn = srt_cls,byvar = sex,key = nodupkey);
MLOGIC(SRT): Beginning execution.
MLOGIC(SRT): Parameter DSN has value sashelp.class
MLOGIC(SRT): Parameter S_DSN has value srt_cls
MLOGIC(SRT): Parameter BYVAR has value sex
MLOGIC(SRT): Parameter KEY has value nodupkey
MLOGIC(SRT): Parameter D_DSN has value
SYMBOLGEN: Macro variable DSN resolves to sashelp.class
SYMBOLGEN: Macro variable S_DSN resolves to srt_cls
SYMBOLGEN: Macro variable KEY resolves to nodupkey
SYMBOLGEN: Macro variable D_DSN resolves to
NOTE 137-205: Line generated by the invoked macro "SRT".
1 proc sort data = &dsn out = &s_dsn &key dupout = &d_dsn; by &byvar; run;
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22
ERROR 22-322: Expecting a name.
MPRINT(SRT): proc sort data = sashelp.class out = srt_cls nodupkey dupout = ;
SYMBOLGEN: Macro variable BYVAR resolves to sex
MPRINT(SRT): by sex;
MPRINT(SRT): run;
NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
WARNING: The data set WORK.SRT_CLS may be incomplete. When this step was stopped there were 0
observations and 0 variables.
WARNING: Data set WORK.SRT_CLS was not replaced because this step was stopped.
WARNING: The data set WORK.NAME may be incomplete. When this step was stopped there were 0
observations and 0 variables.
WARNING: Data set WORK.NAME was not replaced because this step was stopped.
NOTE: PROCEDURE SORT used (Total process time):
real time 0.01 seconds
cpu time 0.01 seconds
MLOGIC(SRT): Ending execution
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