SAS not resolving &MacroVar

Asked Jan 20 '16 at 16:29

Active Apr 23 '20 at 22:37

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I have the following code:

option nomprint;
%let firstCurveLength = 50;
%let macroVar=first;
%put &&macroVar.CurveLength;

The last statement printed to the log is:

&firstCurveLength

I don't understand why &firstCurveLength isn't resolved though, since it is a macro variable. I tested this with:

%put &firstCurveLength;

Log:

50

Edit

For anyone landing here from a search engine, Joe gave a great answer to this issue.

edited Apr 23 '20 at 22:37

halfer

asked Jan 20 '16 at 16:29

Max Power

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Add another & to your %put statement: %put &&&macroVar.CurveLength; – Reeza Jan 20 '16 at 16:32
%put &&&macroVar.CurveLength; is printing to my log "&&&macroVar.CurveLength" - still not resolving. – Max Power Jan 20 '16 at 16:35
Post your full log please. It works for me. – Reeza Jan 20 '16 at 16:46
After closing out sas and re-running I now get the correct resolution for &&&macroVar.CurveLength. Thanks a lot. – Max Power Jan 20 '16 at 16:53
Search communities.sas.com as well, good community – Reeza Jan 20 '16 at 17:01
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Also relevant - [this question](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22903856/sas-macro-ampersand/22915555#22915555) with more detail. – Joe Jan 20 '16 at 17:13