Date:         Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:03:32 -0800
Reply-To:     "Eli Y. Kling" <eli.kling@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         "Eli Y. Kling" <eli.kling@GMAIL.COM>
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Subject:      Re: Why I cann't use %local like this?
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You were almost there. Logal and Global do not actually create the
macro variable. you will see it once you have a assigned it a value:

%macro t1;
   a
%mend;
%macro t2;
    %local %t1;
        %let %t1=xxx; *<-----;
    %put _local_;
%mend;
options mprint mlogic symbolgen;
%t2;

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