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You omitted one of the closing parenthesis.
268 ods html file="daniel_%sysfunc(today(),yymmddn8).xls";
NOTE: Writing HTML Body file: daniel_20090327.xls
269 proc print data=sashelp.class;
270 run;
On 3/27/09, Daniel Schuster <daniel.schuster@rci.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:54:57 -0700, Nordlund, Dan (DSHS/RDA)
> <NordlDJ@DSHS.WA.GOV> wrote:
>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
> >> Daniel Schuster
> >> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 5:42 AM
> >> To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> >> Subject: Re: ODS dyanamic date
> >>
> >> This is what I ended up with:
> >>
> >> 15 data _null_;
> >> 16 call symputx("TodaysDate",left(put(today() ,yymmddn8.)));
> >> 17 run;
> >> 18 %put today is &TodaysDate ;
> >> today is 20090326
> >>
> >>
> >Daniel,
> >
> >I am curious about why you chose to use a _null_ data step to assign the
> macro value, rather than
> >
> >%let TodaysDate = %sysfunc(today(),yymmddn8.);
> >
> >or just using %sysfunc(today(),yymmddn8.) where you need the value.
> Again, I am just curious.
> >
> >Dan
> >
> >Daniel J. Nordlund
> >Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
> >Planning, Performance, and Accountability
> >Research and Data Analysis Division
> >Olympia, WA 98504-5204
>
> First of all, I need a spell checker here; its 'dynamic' not 'dyanamic' :-(
>
> I ended up using a _null_ data step because when I used the %sysfunc
> directly on the ODS statement if didn't resolve and I ended up with the
> name ending in _%sysfunc(today(),yymmddn8..xls which would have really
> confused the people using the spreadsheet.
>
> Dan
>
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