I had some character set issues reading your message, but it looked like you wanted to have a macro write a title statement only if the supplied value was not missing. The value of a missing macro variable is blank, rather than the (numeric) missing value indicator of '.'. Thus it is routine in macro coding to write:

%IF &MYVAR NE %THEN %DO ... ;

By the way, in part because mainframe printers are not consistent regarding the ^ character, I tend to use EQ and NE. It slightly bothers me to use NE rather than %NE. Tim > ---------- > From: sekhar kalisetty[SMTP:sekhar.kalisetty@PHARMA.NOVARTIS.COM] > Reply To: sekhar kalisetty > Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 8:15 AM > To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU > Subject: missing value > > This message uses a character set that is not supported by the Internet > Service. To view the original message content, open the attached > message. If the text doesn't display correctly, save the attachment to > disk, and then open it using a viewer that can display the original > character set.<<File: message.txt>> >