Date:         Sun, 11 Jul 2010 14:54:38 -0400
Reply-To:     Jesper Sahner Pedersen <jespersahner@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Jesper Sahner Pedersen <jespersahner@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Masking macros in rsubmit-block

Hi,

According to the "SAS/Connect 9.2 Users Guide, p. 126, example 3" a macro
definition embedded in a rsubmit-block is remotely submitted and none of the
macro statements are interpreted in the client session.

In the code below the client- and server-macro definitions are identical but
they are interpreted differently:

%macro test;

%macro client;
  %let a=%str( );
  %put x&a.x;
%mend client;
%client;

%let server=xx.xx.xx.xx xxxx;
signon server user=xxxxxx password='xxxxxxxx';
rsubmit;
  %macro server;
    %let a=%str( );
    %put x&a.x;
  %mend server;
  %server;
endrsubmit;
signoff;

%mend test;

%test;

- produces the following output:
x x
xx

- and options=mprint shows the following macro-code in the rsubmit-block:
%macro server;
%let a= ;
%put x&a.x;
%mend server;
%server;

In other words the %str()-statement is not masked, hence the macros are
interpreted differently.

Is this an error, or am I missing something?
And if not an error, how can a macro be completely masked?

Regards,
Jesper