Date:         Tue, 31 Jul 2001 12:23:44 -0400
Reply-To:     "Droogendyk, Harry" <Harry.Droogendyk@CIBC.COM>
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From:         "Droogendyk, Harry" <Harry.Droogendyk@CIBC.COM>
Subject:      Re: Strange Macro Problem
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CARDS cannot be used inside a macro.

From SAS v8.2 online help:

The %MACRO statement begins the definition of a macro, assigns the macro a
name, and optionally can include a list of macro parameters, a list of
options, or both.
A macro definition must precede the invocation of that macro in your code.
The %MACRO statement can appear anywhere in a SAS program, except within
data lines. A macro definition cannot contain a CARDS statement, a DATALINES
statement, a PARMCARDS statement, or data lines. Use an INFILE statement
instead.


                -----Original Message-----
                From:   Ivis, Frank [mailto:frank.ivis@ICES.ON.CA]
                Sent:   Tuesday, July 31, 2001 12:14 PM
                To:     SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
                Subject:        Strange Macro Problem

                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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