Date:         Mon, 3 Nov 2008 09:16:09 -0500
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From:         Ed Heaton <EdHeaton@WESTAT.COM>
Subject:      Re: A SAS macro variable question
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A.B.;

In SAS 9.2, the default is

        Options noMInOperator ;

You might need to add

        Options mInOperator ;

Ed

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-----Original Message-----
From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of A.B.
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 3:03 PM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: A SAS macro variable question


Hi,

I have a simple macro that I use to create dataset. In the macro I check to see if the variable name is in a list of strings:

%macro mydata(ds);
...
  %if "&ds" in ("apple", "pear", "orange") %then
       pid=substr(id,1,6);
...
%mend;

The macro variable was resolved correctly, but SAS gave the following
message:

ERROR: Required operator not found in expression: "&ds" in ("apple", "pear",
"orange")
ERROR: The macro MYDATA will stop executing.


This seemed working OK in SAS 9.1 but not in SAS 9.2. Can anyone tell me what might be the problem?

Thanks,
--
A.B.