Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 16:43:02 -0600
Reply-To: Machiko Hollifield <mhollifi@POST.CIS.SMU.EDU>
Sender: "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From: Machiko Hollifield <mhollifi@POST.CIS.SMU.EDU>
Organization: Southern Methodist University
Subject: macro question
Hi everyone,
I have a problem with macro program. I cannot create a macro variable
using "call symput". Is anyone help me where did I do wrong.
What I'm trying to do is move the sas variable (date) to macro variable.
This is the output.
Thank you for your help.
Machiko Hollifield
P.S. Since we are stack with "trn" as a news reader and it's very hard
to find the mail through it, if you can send me reply directly to me
instead of the group, I really appriciate it.
By the way, is anyone has good primer of "trn"? At Southern Methodist
University, they don't supply any course or handout.
**************************output***************************************
MPRINT(MONTHLY): * THIS MACRO CALCULATE LAST DAY OF THE MONTH. THEN
FIND THE F
SATURDAY TO FRIDAY * THE INPUT DATA SHOULD BE THE TODAY''S DATE EITHER *
TODAY()
REPORT SHOULD BE COVER *;
MPRINT(MONTHLY): DATA _NULL_;
MPRINT(MONTHLY): RDATE = TODAY()-15;
MPRINT(MONTHLY): LBEGIN = '01'|| SUBSTR(PUT(RDATE,DATE9.),3);
MPRINT(MONTHLY): NBEGIN = INPUT(LBEGIN,DATE10.);
MPRINT(MONTHLY): CALL SYMPUT('bday',PUT(NBEGIN,MMDDYY10.));
MPRINT(MONTHLY): THISMON = '01'|| SUBSTR(PUT(TODAY(),DATE9.),3);
MPRINT(MONTHLY): LEND = INPUT(THISMON,DATE10.) - 1;
MPRINT(MONTHLY): CALL SYMPUT('eday',PUT(LEND,MMDDYY10.));
MPRINT(MONTHLY): PUT _ALL_;
MLOGIC(MONTHLY): %PUT &bday = &eday=
WARNING: Apparent symbolic reference BDAY not resolved.
WARNING: Apparent symbolic reference EDAY not resolved.
&bday = &eday=
MPRINT(MONTHLY): * CALL SYMPUT('BDAY',PUT(BEGIN,MMDDYY10.));
MPRINT(MONTHLY): * CALL SYMPUT('EDAY',PUT(END,MMDDYY10.));
MLOGIC(MONTHLY): Ending execution.
RDATE=13479 LBEGIN=01NOV1996 NBEGIN=13454 THISMON=01DEC1996 LEND=13483
_ERROR_=0
**********************************************************************
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