Date:         Thu, 15 Mar 2007 18:32:20 +0000
Reply-To:     toby dunn <tobydunn@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         toby dunn <tobydunn@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: macro resolves to a different value
Comments: To: mesecca@YAHOO.COM
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First off I am not fond of the Macro design, that asside you will never get
the last %Put to work because you havent declared your macro variable Type
created in your %Macro as global.  thus it will always be local to your
%macro.  Since your %Put is asking for a global macro variable, the two dont
mix.


If it where me and I absolutly had to do this try this function style macro
design:

%Macro ConvertType( Type= ) ;
%Local NewType ;

%If          ( &Type = 0 ) %Then %Let NewType = Draw ;
%Else %If ( &Type = 1 ) %Then %Let NewType = Sale  ;
%Else %If ( &Type = 2 ) %Then %Let NewType = Issu  ;

&Newtype

%Mend ConvertType ;



%Put %ConvertType( Type = 0 ) ;
%Put %ConvertType( Type = 1 ) ;
%Put %ConvertType( Type = 2 ) ;



Toby Dunn

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From: mesecca L katram <mesecca@YAHOO.COM>
Reply-To: mesecca L katram <mesecca@YAHOO.COM>
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: macro resolves to a different value
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:11:59 -0400

my macro always resolves to issu,
please help

options mprint mlogic;
%let data5=0;
%macro gettype(data5);
data _null_;
y = trim(left(put(symget('data5'),8.)));
call symput('typ',y);
run;
%put &typ;
data _null_;
if %eval(&typ)=0 then do;%let type=DRAW;end;
if %eval(&typ)=1 then do;%let type=SALE;end;
if %eval(&typ)=2 then do;%let type=ISSU;end;
run;
%mend;
%gettype(&data5);
run;
%put &type;

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