Date:         Mon, 21 Jul 2003 15:31:34 -0500
Reply-To:     Walter Scott <Walter.Scott@STATE.TN.US>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Walter Scott <Walter.Scott@STATE.TN.US>
Subject:      Re: Comment issue
Comments: To: WHITLOI1@WESTAT.COM
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  Ian,
     I'm running v8.2 on WinXP.
     So far I can't reproduce the problem with a simple example.  The
code in which it showed up is a 'control' file that is made up mostly of
%include's; there are several before the statement in question.  The
issue was resolved by switching to '/*   */' style comments.
     The statement where the problem appears is a %include (after the
commented-out %include) that loads a file containing a macro and is
followed by three calls to the macro thus-loaded.  I was convinced it
couldn't be mis-matched quotes or something like that; but, now, I'm
going to re-check everything thoroughly before I bother the list with
the long log-listing.

Thanks,

Walter

>>> Ian Whitlock <WHITLOI1@WESTAT.COM> 13:09:55 21-Jul-03 >>>
Walter,

I used SAS 8.2 under XP and found no problem.

1    filename xx 'c:\junk';
2    * %;
3    %include xx(test.sas) / source2;
NOTE: %INCLUDE (level 1) file XX(test.sas) is file c:\junk\test.sas.
4   +%put OK ;
OK
NOTE: %INCLUDE (level 1) ending.

Perhaps you should show a log as simple as the above one and give more
information about the system.

IanWhitlock@westat.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Walter Scott [mailto:Walter.Scott@STATE.TN.US]
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 1:58 PM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Comment issue


  All,
     Can anyone provide an explanation for why the second include is
ignored
in the following:

options source2;
filename xx 'c:\';
* %include xx(file1.sas);
%include xx(file2.sas);

     This problem also occurs with the following:

options source2;
filename xx 'c:\';
* %;
%include xx(file2.sas);
/* The INCLUDE has been removed from the comment */

     I'm guessing this might have something to with the fact that '*'
comments are considered statements etc., but the above examples have
no
mismatched quotes.  I can avoid the issue by using '/* */' style
comments;
I'm just curious about what is happening here.
     I halfway expect the answer to be so obvious that I'm going to be
embarrassed that I even asked.

Walter