Date:         Thu, 10 May 2007 11:54:48 -0400
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From:         "Fehd, Ronald J. (CDC/CCHIS/NCPHI)" <rjf2@CDC.GOV>
Subject:      Re: 'Local' datasets in Macro?
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> From: David L Cassell

> I think that no method can be 100% perfect, particularly when
> some of these methods ar *not* atomic and hence can be ruined
> by the inadvertent creation of a new data set by a different
> process in the same library at the exact wrong time.

<sigh> are we getting close to an answer:

1    %Macro TestName(x=);
1.1  %Local TempData;
2    %Put   TempData = &SysMacroName.%sysfunc(datetime(),hex16.);%Mend;
3    %TestName;
TempData = TESTNAME41D644BFBEF24DD3

note: max(length(data set name)) = 32, eh?

summary: why would you want a length(macro name) gt 16?

Ron Fehd  the macro maven  CDC Atlanta GA USA RJF2 at cdc dot gov