Date:         Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:03:04 -0700
Reply-To:     "Terjeson, Mark" <Mterjeson@RUSSELL.COM>
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From:         "Terjeson, Mark" <Mterjeson@RUSSELL.COM>
Subject:      Re: skip a loop to next in a sas macro
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Hi,

To have the %IF reference the macro
variable "i" you need an ampersand.


%macro test2;

%do i = 1 %to 5;
  %if &i = 3 %then %goto continue;
  %put i = &i.;
  %continue:
%end;
run;
%mend;
%test2




Hope this is helpful.


Mark Terjeson
Senior Programmer Analyst, IM&R
Russell Investments


Russell Investments
Global Leaders in Multi-Manager Investing






-----Original Message-----
From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
sas_9264
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 10:00 AM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: skip a loop to next in a sas macro

Hi, I have following test code:

%macro test2;

%do i = 1 %to 5;
  %if i = 3 %then %goto continue;
  %put i = &i.;
  %continue:
%end;
run;
%mend;
%test2

it output to log as:

i = 1
i = 2
i = 3
i = 4
i = 5

what I expect:
i = 1
i = 2
i = 4
i = 5
What do I miss to get expect result?

Thanks a lot,

shiping