Date:         Wed, 18 Oct 2006 08:28:24 -0400
Reply-To:     Sigurd Hermansen <HERMANS1@WESTAT.COM>
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From:         Sigurd Hermansen <HERMANS1@WESTAT.COM>
Subject:      Re: declare some number as a character variable in macro
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All SAS macrovariables contain type character values. How you use them in a Data step, PROC, or SQL query determines their types at compile and run time.

An assignment statement year=&year;, for example, may initiate a new numeric variable named year with a value of 1991. On the other hand, an assignment year="&year" (note that double quote marks allow the macrovariable to resolve to its value) may initiate a character value named year with a value of '1991'. Of course, if a variable already has a type, special procedures apply.
Sig



From: hba2pd
Sent: Wed 10/18/2006 1:41 AM
To: sas-l@uga.edu
Subject: declare some number as a character variable in macro


Hello,

I would like to declear a number as a character variable in macro. That
is,

%let year=1991

I wish to have 1991 as a character variable, not as a numeric variable.
How can I do this?

Best regards,