Date:         Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:55:01 -0400
Reply-To:     bbser 2009 <bbser2009@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         bbser 2009 <bbser2009@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Open code statement recursion detected, macro code
Comments: To: Jim Groeneveld <jim.1stat@YAHOO.COM>
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Jim

Thanks a lot for your reply. I restarted the session, followed your
suggestion, and got the desired answer.
Now my question is: why not just regard "www" as a text string of 5
characters?

Max
(Maaxx)

-----Original Message-----
From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Jim
Groeneveld
Sent: June-22-11 11:14 AM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: [SAS-L] Open code statement recursion detected, macro code

Hi Max,

Remove the double quotes around "www", this is macro language, you know,
and everything is text.

Regards - Jim.
--
Jim Groeneveld, Netherlands
Statistician/SAS consultant
http://jim.groeneveld.eu.tf


On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:58:44 -0400, bbser 2009 <bbser2009@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>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)
>
>================
>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.