Date:         Mon, 18 Feb 2002 09:10:02 -0500
Reply-To:     Gerhard Hellriegel <ghellrieg@T-ONLINE.DE>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Gerhard Hellriegel <ghellrieg@T-ONLINE.DE>
Subject:      Re: PASS AF Parm?

On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 14:08:57 +0000, Graeme Kirton <gkirton@FILCS.COM> wrote:

>Hi Folks, little AF Problem I have with a macro variables.
>
>Im using code like this
>
>%LET choice = 0;
>proc display cat=LIBRARY.CAT.CATENTRY.SCL  batch;
> run;
>
>
>then in my AF SCL Im assigning choice to typeaccess, typeaccess = &choice;
>
>Thing is it doesn't resolve until my execution has fininshed, I think I
need it
>to resolve at compile time.
>
>Please help.
>
>GK

..you should use the symget function in AF. That is done at runtime, not at
compile time.

typeaccess=symget("choice");
>
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