Date:         Wed, 19 Sep 2001 12:47:35 -0400
Reply-To:     Quentin McMullen <QuentinMcMullen@WESTAT.COM>
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From:         Quentin McMullen <QuentinMcMullen@WESTAT.COM>
Subject:      Re: SAS Comments
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John Whittington wrote (in part):

> An unmatched  quote within a *...; type of comment is no problem.

I agree that is true for open code.  But more than once I have caused
problems for myself by writing comments that inlcude unmatched quotes, then
later deciding to use the code in a macro, e.g.:

56   %macro test;
57   data a;
58     x=1; *isn't this fun?;
59   run;
60   %mend test;
WARNING: Missing %MEND statement.

Kind regards,
--Quentin