Date:         Wed, 1 May 2002 15:30:11 -0400
Reply-To:     "Shoemaker, Jack" <shoe@STATPROBETECHNOLOGIES.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Shoemaker, Jack" <shoe@STATPROBETECHNOLOGIES.COM>
Subject:      Re: x command: quotes
Comments: To: Lex jansen <lex@LEX-JANSEN.DEMON.NL>
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<SERMON ON>
SAS is not a scripting language.  You should build a script in your language
of choice: Perl, Python, WNT Scripting, instead of trying to make SAS do
this.
<SERMON OFF>

To solve your problem, try something like this (untested <g>)

For example

%macro sas;
%sysfunc(sysget(sasroot))\sas.exe  -NOSPLASH  -NOLOGO  -ICON  -SYSIN
%mend sas;

%DO i = 1 %TO &nprog;
    X %sas "&&prog&i";
%END;

-----Original Message-----
From: Lex jansen
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Sent: 5/1/02 3:14 PM
Subject: x command: quotes

I'm struggling with my quotes.
I have a macro that reads names of programs from a text file and then
submits all these programs one after the other.

something like:

%LET sas
%sysfunc(sysget(sasroot))\sas.exe  -NOSPLASH  -NOLOGO  -ICON  -SYSIN;

And then in a loop I would do:

%DO i = 1 %TO &nprog;
    X "&sas &&prog&i";
%END;

However, since I went from 6.12 to 8.2 the SASROOT has blanks,
because it is installed in C:\Program Files\SAS Institute\SAS\V8.
That is where the X command breaks.
I tried many combinations.
Of course I could do: X "C:\PROGRA~1\SASINS~1\SAS\V8  &&prog&i

But that is not neat.

There has to be a simple solution.

Thanks,

Lex Jansen

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