Date:         Thu, 25 Mar 2004 12:30:00 -0500
Reply-To:     Cynthia qiu <cynqiu@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Cynthia qiu <cynqiu@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      very simple macro question

I have a question that is really very basic.  Why wont the following code
work?

%macro test ;
data person;
   infile datalines delimiter=',';
   input name $ dept $;
   datalines;
John,Sales
Mary,Acctng
;
%mend test ;
%test


Here is the log:


531  %macro test ;
532  data person;
533     infile datalines delimiter=',';
534     input name $ dept $;
535     datalines;
536  John,Sales
537  Mary,Acctng
538  ;
539
540  %mend test ;
541  %test

ERROR: The macro TEST generated CARDS (data lines) for the DATA step, which
could cause incorrect results.  The DATA step
       and the macro will stop executing.
NOTE: The data set WORK.PERSON has 0 observations and 2 variables.
NOTE: DATA statement used:
      real time           0.01 seconds
      cpu time            0.01 seconds


ERROR: The macro TEST will stop executing.