Date:         Thu, 12 Jun 2003 08:56:12 -0400
Reply-To:     Huck <huck@FINN.NOSPAM.MOC>
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From:         Huck <huck@FINN.NOSPAM.MOC>
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Subject:      Re: use of %sysfunc(fileexist(&fname))
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doesnt %include execute at sas-code-run time rather than
macro-compilation time, so as such your %if is NOT inside the %macro
like you think it is .

On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 15:03:40 +0300, "Arto Raiskio" <arto@raiskio.com>
wrote:

>
>"Richard A. DeVenezia"  wrote
>> %let wfname = 'c:\temp\program.sas';
>> filename itExist &wfname;
>> %let rc = %sysfunc (fileref(itExist));
>
>the primary reason for my question was to determine why specifically it was
>difficult from an %include module to do the test as the first thing before
>running a data step
>
><pseudocode sample>
><macro>
>  <include module>
>     if the following file exists, do the data step, otherwise skip it
>
>thus, the idea was to
>1. run some macro
>2. include some code which would execute the data step only if file exists
>
>for now, I've resolved the problem by doing the file exists test in the
>primary macro and that way the %include does not get executed unless file
>exists
>