Date:         Mon, 23 Aug 1999 11:50:21 -0700
Reply-To:     "Berryhill, Tim" <TWB2@PGE.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Berryhill, Tim" <TWB2@PGE.COM>
Subject:      Re: Using hex characters in macro code
Comments: To: Janet Stuelpner <jes@ASG-INC.COM>, sas-l <sas-l@uga.cc.uga.edu>
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I expect you can do it with CALL SYMPUT.  Do you really need to?  The reason
I ask, is, the macro language uses some of the hex characters internally for
quoting.  That is, when you code %quote('), SAS stores an otherwise unused
hex value for the quoted apostrophe.  If you force a hex value into a macro
variable, you might stumble across one of the values the macro language is
using.

Tim Berryhill - Contract Programmer and General Wizard
TWB2@PGE.COM or http://www.aartwolf.com/twb.html
Frequently at Pacific Gas & Electric Co., San Francisco
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> ----------
> From:         Janet Stuelpner[SMTP:jes@ASG-INC.COM]
> Reply To:     Janet Stuelpner
> Sent:         Monday, August 23, 1999 11:50 AM
> To:   SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject:      Using hex characters in macro code
>
> If I wanted to create a SAS variable whose value contained a hex
> character,
> I would define it as follows:
>           hexval='00'x;
> Can anyone tell me how to create a macro string with a hex character on
> the
> front end?
>