Date:         Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:58:44 -0400
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From:         bbser 2009 <bbser2009@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Open code statement recursion detected, macro code
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Hi there

As indicated below:
1-3: Just normal macro code
4-5: Since the book I am reading says the first argument of %substr() can be
a character string, so I tested this with "www" but ended up with that
error.
6-8: I switched back to the old code in the first place, still getting the
same error information.

Could you explain what's going on here? Thank you very much!

Max
(Maaxx)

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1    %let xx=www;
2    %let yy=%substr(&xx,2);
3    %put &yy;
ww
4    %let yy=%substr("www",2);
5    %put &yy;
ERROR: Open code statement recursion detected.
ERROR: Open code statement recursion detected.
6    %let xx=www;
7    %let yy=%substr(&xx,2);
ERROR: Open code statement recursion detected.
8    %put &yy;
ERROR: Open code statement recursion detected.