Date:         Thu, 8 Mar 2001 08:13:42 -0800
Reply-To:     Pete Lund <pete.lund@NWCSR.COM>
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From:         Pete Lund <pete.lund@NWCSR.COM>
Subject:      Re: Macro resolution in 8.1 vs. 6.12
Comments: To: sander.post@STATCAN.CA
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Hi Sander,
  This problem is fixed in 8.2.  It's documented, with an 8.0/.1 work-around
in the following SAS Tech Support note:

 http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/001/001011.html

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----- Original Message -----
From: <sander.post@STATCAN.CA>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.sas-l
To: <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 7:47 AM
Subject: Macro resolution in 8.1 vs. 6.12


> The following is a much simplified version of code that I've inherited. It
> works fine and as expected under 6.12.
>
> Under SAS 8.1 however, it crashes.
>
> It seems a macro call with a macro variable in it resolves in the wrong
> order.  With the macro variable r having a value of i, the call
>
> %err&r(104);
>
>  calls the macro %err and generates a number of errors, including array I
is
> not defined.
>
> Under 6.12 it calls %erri with the parameter 104, which is the desired
> effect.
>
> For now, we are continuing to run this under 6.12, but as that won't
always
> be an option, does anyone have any ideas short of rewriting the program
> (there are a number of programs with the same general setup) to solve
this?
> Perhaps a macro option - I couldn't find any reference to this under the
> version 8 macro documentation under changes and enhancements.
>
> ---
>
> %macro err(message);
>   message=&message.;
>   put "macro err" message=;
> %mend err;
>
> %macro erri(message);
>   message=&message.;
>   put "macro erri" message=;
> %mend erri;
>
> %macro keyflds(var1,r);
>
> data x;
> %if &var1=INC %then %do;
>   %err&r.(104.00);
> %end;
> run;
> %mend keyflds;
> %keyflds(INC,i);
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sander.
>