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SAS is interpreting GE as "Greater than or equal to" instead of a
string of "GE". To solve this, either quote both sides of the equals
sign: "&MEASURE"="GE" or %str() both sides: %str(&MEASURE)=%str(GE)
You can also see the same behaviour by substituting GE with >:
%IF &MEASURE=> %then %put measure is ge and measure is &measure;
Strange behaviour, but there you go :)
Cheers
Michael
On 27 Jul 2001 13:41:00 -0700, gabo@econ.berkeley.edu (Gabriel) wrotd:
>I have a problem using logical expressions with the macro language. I
>have a line like this within a macro:
>
>%IF &MEASURE=GE %then %put measure is ge and measure is &measure;
>
>Now I know the macro variable MEASURE is set to FGT. When I run that
>line with options symbolgen selected, I get the following inthe log
>file:
>
>SYMBOLGEN: Macro variable MEASURE resolves to FGT
>SYMBOLGEN: Macro variable MEASURE resolves to FGT
>measure is ge and measure is FGT
>
>Why does SAS seem to think that &MEASURE=GE, when the output says
>otherwise?
>Thanks for the help!
>Gabriel
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