platforms winNT, aix, os/390 sas versions v8.1, v8.2, v9.0 (but not all on all)

I discovered I needed %unquote() in

%put %sy(remote) = %unquote(&&%msyo(remote)) ;

The macro %sy returns the value of a system option with keyword and %msyo, does the same but without the keyword

If remote is the only option which holds the name of a macro var, then there isn't much use for this construct. But it is interesting....... that to use the text generated by a macro as the name of a macro var, I have to %unquote() the combination !

and, final question, Why does it need double &

HTH Peter Crawford

%macro sy( op); %sysfunc( getoption( &op, keyword)) %mend; %macro msyo(op); %sysfunc( getoption( &op )) %mend;

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