| Date: | Wed, 9 Jun 2004 16:38:36 -0400 |
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| Reply-To: | "Fehd, Ronald J. (PHPPO)" <RJF2@CDC.GOV> |
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| Sender: | "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> |
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| From: | "Fehd, Ronald J. (PHPPO)" <RJF2@CDC.GOV> |
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| Subject: | Re: HELP WITH SYNTAX? |
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you do not need spaces between macro variable when concatenating
replace this:
> 5803 LIBNAME SAVE '&DRV. &PRJ2. \DAT';
with this:
> 5803 LIBNAME SAVE '&DRV.&PRJ2.\DAT';
Ron Fehd the macro maven CDC Atlanta GA USA RJF2@cdc.gov
remember perspective: the error is not always where it seems to occur!
-- RJF2
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin F. Spratt [mailto:kevin-spratt@UIOWA.EDU]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 4:30 PM
> To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: HELP WITH SYNTAX?
>
>
> The following log demonstrates that my approach to assigning
> drive and file locations is not working. Note that the
>
> LIBNAME SAVE1 line demonstrates that the location I am
> attempting to point to is there.
>
> Any help with how to correctly create and implement these
> macro variables?
>
> Note: I have tried these statements with both single (') and
> double (") quotes
>
>
> 5794 %LET DRV ='W:';
> 5795 %LET PRJ1='\TECHNICAL
> GROUP\NORMS\Y2003\IOWA\COMPLETE\T3 CREATE PVAL'; 5796 %LET
> PRJ2='\TECHNICAL GROUP\NORMS\Y2003\IOWA\COMPLETE\T4 PVAL
> STRING'; 5797 %LET PRJ3='\TECHNICAL GROUP\NORMS\Y2003'; 5798
> 5799 RUN;
>
> WARNING: RUN statement ignored due to previous errors. Submit
> QUIT; to terminate the procedure. 5800
> 5801 LIBNAME SAVE1 'W:\TECHNICAL
> GROUP\NORMS\Y2003\IOWA\COMPLETE\T4
> PVAL STRING\DAT';
>
> NOTE: Libref SAVE1 was successfully assigned as follows:
> Engine: V9
> Physical Name: W:\TECHNICAL
> GROUP\NORMS\Y2003\IOWA\COMPLETE\T4 PVAL STRING\DAT 5802
> 5803 LIBNAME SAVE '&DRV. &PRJ2. \DAT';
> NOTE: Library SAVE does not exist.
> 5804
>
>
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