> From: David Kellerman [mailto:kellermandavid@YAHOO.COM] > I'm attempting to split a datset into multiple external > members of a PDS. Can anyone see what is wrong with the > FILENAME statement? > > DATA _NULL_ ; > SET FIXANOM ; > BY JOB ; > CALL EXECUTE('%LET FN = ' || JOB ) ; > IF NOBS = 1 THEN > FILENAME FF "TEST.RPT.CNTL(&FN)" DISP=OLD; > PUT FF @1 JOB @12 CPUTM ;

you may be surprised to learn that your call execute statement which defines the macro variable FN executes -after- your filename statement.

but you're way more off base than that filename is not a statement that you can execute within the data step since it is a global statement 'used anywhere' it should certainly not be thought to be conditionally executed as you have written here

what you want for these multiple external files is the filevar option of the file statement.

Ron Fehd the macro maven CDC Atlanta GA USA RJF2@cdc.gov

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