how to quote sas Macro name in If statement

Question

i am trying to write a simple macro statement. Essentially, I want to tell the program, if MIC ^= the macroname (German) then delete. But sas treat my code as if MIC ^= '&mfile' then delete. Can anyone teach me how to refer to the macro name in this case please.

%macro match(mfile);
data TEMP; set abc; if MIC ^='&mfile' then delete; run;
%mend match;
%match(German);

use double quotation instead of single for "&mfile" – kristof Aug 06 '15 at 14:52 — kristof, Aug 06 '15 at 14:52

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 06 '15 at 14:56

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Macro variable references that are enclosed in single quotation marks are not resolved, you need to use double quotation.

See Sas documentation for more info

answered Aug 06 '15 at 14:56

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