Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 16:12:29 GMT
Reply-To: Bosco Ho <bosco.ho@FMR.COM>
Sender: "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From: Bosco Ho <bosco.ho@FMR.COM>
Organization: Fidelity Investments
Subject: Re: Macro help needed
Michele Marini <MARINI%VTVM1.BITNET@VTBIT.CC.VT.EDU> wrote:
>This seems like it should be possible, but I am having no luck at getting the
>following code to work.
>
>The macro variables NTIME and NSITE are declared in the program above. What I
>have, is I have different data step type problems where I want to execute them
>NTIMES to get NTIMES variables. I have the macro loop set up, and as long as
I
>nest the code inside the loop, it works fine. My goal though is to use a %LET
>statement to re-assign what the loop does on the inside. An example of the
>code I have tried follows:
>
>%let s=%nrstr(
> R&i=FR[((&i-1)*&NSITE))+1:&i*&NSITE, 1:&NSPECS];
> F&i=R&i`;
> );
>
>%macro loop;
> %do i=1 %to &NTIME;
> &s
> %end;
>%mend loop;
>
>loop
>
>I have tried several macro functions besides NRSTR, but none work. The code
>that follows the NRSTR function works when I put it in place of the &s. But,
>there are lots of 'things' that are generated with this particular loop, and
>though it seems small, I would like not to have to type the macro loop over
>and over again. Any help would be greatly appreciated. TIA. Michele Marini
kinda of a stupid question-answer, did U set up the 's' macro
variable as a global?
sorry that i ve not looked too closely how your stuff works, but
a lot of time i tend to forget to put the macro var in the global
list but attempted to use it in multiple steps.
regards
bh
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