Date:         Thu, 10 Nov 2005 11:42:41 -0800
Reply-To:     sassafras <jennifer_lin@CHIRON.COM>
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From:         sassafras <jennifer_lin@CHIRON.COM>
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Subject:      quoting portions of macro variables in first pass,
              unquoting in 2nd pass
Comments: To: sas-l@uga.edu
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Here's what I'm trying to do:

GLOBAL cregion1 = AU
GLOBAL area = region
LOCAL i = 1

I need to put something like "&&c&area&i" in my code.  I was thinking
that this would resolve as &cregion1 in the first pass, and then as AU
in the second pass.

But I can tell that SAS is trying to interpret &c as a macro variable
because I get this message in the log: "WARNING: Apparent symbolic
reference C not resolved."

Is there a way to quote the ampersand in front of the c for the first
pass, and then unquote it for the 2nd pass?

Thanks in advance for your help!

J