Date:         Mon, 29 Apr 2002 14:12:32 +0200
Reply-To:     Lex jansen <lex@LEX-JANSEN.DEMON.NL>
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From:         Lex jansen <lex@LEX-JANSEN.DEMON.NL>
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Subject:      Re: v612 to v82: macro syntax

Hi Peter,

Thanks!
I already found that %str(%title&_title)(&txt); also works.

Lex



"Peter Crawford" <peter.crawford@DB.COM> wrote in message
news:OFA5444589.80409FF1-ON41256BAA.00438144@db.com...
> Hi Lex
> V8 is more strict in many places !
> One "feature", means that you cannot invoke a macro when
> part of the macro name is provided by a macro variable
>   %title&_title(&txt);
> Doesn't work, but...
> %let tname =  title&_title;
>    %&tname(&txt);
> Should !
> There are usage notes on the subject, and
> there may even be a "hot-fix" !
>
> Beware dictionary columns !
> Anything which uses it, must tolerate mixed case variable
> names which are stored/retrieved in the mixed case
> discovered first by the syntax compiler.
> Fortunately, memname is always in uppercase
> (except for remote (non-sas) libref definitions in
> case-sensitive RDBMS, like m$access ).
>
> Beware also, that the behaviour of the quote() function changed.
> quote() no longer provides a trim() before quoting !
> example   var
> text   length  v6.quote() v8.quote()
> abc       8    "abc"      "abc    "
> abcdef    8    "abc"      "abcdef "
> abc      12    "abc"      "abc       "
>
> Perhaps the "work-around" is to globally change all your
> code wherever "quote(" is found, substitute "quote(trim("
> but I don't feel confident about automatic insertion of the
> closing ')' at the _appropriate_ point !
> I was told that v6 sas was "wrong", and v5 behaviour has
> been re-implemented !!!!
>
> In v6 (in)file statements, you could use "device=DDE filevar=triplet"
> and change the contents of variable triplet at observation run-time
> to dynamically define the spreadsheet range (or word bookmark, or etc).
> This is no longer possible in v8
>
> I expect the -L will provide many other experiences !
>
> Good Luck
> Peter Crawford
>
>
>
> Datum:         29/04/2002 12:16
> An:            SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>
>
>
>
> Antwort an:    Lex jansen <lex@LEX-JANSEN.DEMON.NL>
>
> Betreff:       v612 to v82: macro syntax
> Nachrichtentext:
>
> We are in the process of migrating from V612 to V82.
> So a lot of production code has to be checked.
>
> The following worked in V612 on WinNT:
>
>   %MACRO TITLE03(text);
>   %put &text;
>   %MEND;
>
>   %MACRO DEMO(txt);
>
>     %IF 1=1 %THEN %PUT Test;
>     %title&_title(&txt);
>
>   %MEND DEMO;
>
>   %DEMO(hello);
>
> But with 8.2 it fails with:
>
> 12           %title &_title(&txt);
>            _
>            180
> WARNING: Apparent invocation of macro TITLE not resolved.
> ERROR 180-322: Statement is not valid or it is used out of proper order.
>
> If I add another semi-colon after the line with %IF (like:  %IF 1=1 %THEN
> %PUT Test;;)
> then it works again in V82.
>
> Looks like V82 is much stricter on syntax checking!
> Does anyone know more examples of this ?
>
> Lex Jansen
>
>
>
>
>
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