Date:         Tue, 31 Jul 2001 12:14:06 -0400
Reply-To:     "Ivis, Frank" <frank.ivis@ICES.ON.CA>
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From:         "Ivis, Frank" <frank.ivis@ICES.ON.CA>
Subject:      Strange Macro Problem
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Can anyone explain what is going on with the code below? I just have a
simple data step with an input statement, but it does not work within a
macro! I have tested this with 8.0 Windows and 8.2 UNIX.

Thank you in advance for any help,

Frank




90   o
MPRINT():
90 !  ptions mprint;
91   %macro junk;
92   data test;
93     input x y;
94     cards;
95     1 2
96     3 4
97     ;
98   run;
99
100  %mend junk;
101  %junk
MPRINT(JUNK):   data test;
MPRINT(JUNK):   input x y;
MPRINT(JUNK):   cards;

ERROR: The macro JUNK generated CARDS (data lines) for the DATA step, which
could cause
       incorrect results.  The DATA step and the macro will stop executing.
NOTE: The data set WORK.TEST has 0 observations and 2 variables.
NOTE: DATA statement used:
      real time           0.04 seconds


ERROR: The macro JUNK will stop executing.


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