Date:         Thu, 31 Jul 2003 10:11:45 +0100
Reply-To:     Roland <roland@RASHLEIGH-BERRY.FSNET.CO.UK>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Roland <roland@RASHLEIGH-BERRY.FSNET.CO.UK>
Organization: Universe Monitors
Subject:      Re: macro problem

You can only compare dates like that in native SAS code. They are just
strings of characters to macro code.

"Thomas_raffinot" <traffinot@yahoo.fr> wrote in message
news:91e0562d.0307302316.572d0b9d@posting.google.com...
> I have a macro. ther's no message error but this macro doesn't work. I
> don't know why.
> %macro taux(date);
> %if &date<='06feb1994'd %then %do;
> %let gam=%sysevalf(0.06/12); %let gamprim=%sysevalf(0.0462/12);
> %end; /*taux à 6%*/
> %else %if '07feb1994'd<=&date<='22jan1997'd %then %do;
> %let gam=%sysevalf(0.0525/12);  %let gamprim=%sysevalf(0.0384/12);
> %end;/*taux à 5.25%*/
> %else %if '23jan1997'd<=&date<='08jun1998'd %then %do;
> %let gam=%sysevalf(0.0425/12) ; %let gamprim=%sysevalf(0.031/12);
> %end;/*taux à 4.25%*/
> %else %if '09jun1998'd<=&date<='25jul1999'd %then %do;
> %let gam=%sysevalf(0.04/12); %let gamprim=%sysevalf(0.029/12);
> %end;/*taux à 4%*/
> %else %if '26jul1999'd<=&date<='30jun2000'd %then %do;
> %let gam=%sysevalf(0.036/12); %let gamprim=%sysevalf(0.0261/12);
> %end;/*taux à 3.60%*/
> %else /*%if '01jul2000'd<=&date %then */%do;
> %let gam=%sysevalf(0.045/12) ; %let gamprim=%sysevalf(0.0327/12);
> %end;/*taux à 4.50%*/
> %mend;