Date:         Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:24:48 -0400
Reply-To:     Chang Chung <chang_y_chung@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Chang Chung <chang_y_chung@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: error in calling variable
Comments: To: chandrasekar.tm@GMAIL.COM

On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:48:21 -0700, chandrasekar.tm@GMAIL.COM wrote:

>Hi,
>In below program i call a macro variable called 'b' dynamicaly.
>But iam getting following error.
>data auto_&b; set newproset; by cp; if cp=&&b.; run;
>                -
>                22
>                 -
>                 202
>ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: a name, a
>quoted string, (, /, ;, _DATA_, _LAST_, _NULL_.
>
>ERROR 202-322: The option or parameter is not recognized and will be
>ignored.

hi,
use option mprint; to see the resolved code. my best guess is that &b is
resolved to something that is not allowed in the dataset name (something
other than letters, digits, and underscore characters.
cheers,
chang
p.s. &&b. resolves exactly the same as &b or &b. &&&b is something else you
don't seem to worry about yet.