Date:         Fri, 3 Aug 2001 08:59:47 -0400
Reply-To:     "Droogendyk, Harry" <Harry.Droogendyk@CIBC.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Droogendyk, Harry" <Harry.Droogendyk@CIBC.COM>
Subject:      Re: v8.2 macro question - passing the contents of a data step var
              iable to a macro
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Andreas:

No, no, I was the one with the half-baked solution.  I was merely pointing
out that I was attempting to solve a problem one way ( half-baked because it
didn't work, mixing macro and data step ) and Puddin' Man suggested an
entirely new solution that did work.

Please understand that I'm appreciative of each suggestion / solution
provided; each one is an opportunity to broaden my knowledge of SAS.

Regards,
Harry

-----Original Message-----
From:   Andreas Grueninger [mailto:grueninger@LFL.BWL.DE]
Sent:   August 3, 2001 4:40 AM
To:     SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject:        Re: v8.2 macro question - passing the contents of a data
step variabl              e to a macro

Hey Harry,

I showed you and Puddin'Man in a private email that the following
statement is definitely not true
"Adding call symput( ) doesn't help since the symput'ed variable isn't
available until the data step completes.".

Then I asked you what do you want to achieve with your program because
you did not explain it. And you did not answer.

"Therein lies the real beauty of this list; the ability of folks to
interpret
the problem and suggest a real solution rather than the sometimes
half-baked
one that promoted the question in the first place."
If you would like to indicate that me is under the latter folks (the
half-baked ones) I really can't follow you.

Sincerely yours