Date:         Fri, 24 Sep 2010 08:46:50 -0400
Reply-To:     Gerhard Hellriegel <gerhard.hellriegel@T-ONLINE.DE>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Gerhard Hellriegel <gerhard.hellriegel@T-ONLINE.DE>
Subject:      Re: COMPARING DATE VALUES XXXX

you have to make a date-constant of the variable &iddate, like:

DATA &OUT;

SET &OUT;

IF N = &I AND ID_DATE ^= INPUT("&IDDATE"d,DATE9.) THEN CLONE = 1;

ELSE CLONE = 0;

RUN;

Gerhard




On Fri, 24 Sep 2010 08:30:03 -0400, Dan Abner <dan.abner99@GMAIL.COM>
wrote:

>Hello all,
>
>I have the following code:
>
>
>DATA &OUT;
>
>SET &OUT;
>
>IF N = &I AND ID_DATE ^= INPUT(&IDDATE,DATE9.) THEN CLONE = *1*;
>
>ELSE CLONE = *0*;
>
>RUN;
>
>And I am getting the following error:
>
>
>
>484
>
>SYMBOLGEN: Macro variable OUT resolves to ADUS4
>
>485 DATA &OUT;
>
>SYMBOLGEN: Macro variable OUT resolves to ADUS4
>
>486 SET &OUT;
>
>487 IF N = &I AND ID_DATE ^= INPUT(&IDDATE,DATE9.) THEN CLONE = 1;
>
>SYMBOLGEN: Macro variable I resolves to 500
>
>SYMBOLGEN: Macro variable IDDATE resolves to 08SEP2009
>
>NOTE: Line generated by the macro variable "IDDATE".
>
>1 08SEP2009
>
>-------
>
>22
>
>ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: !, !!, &, *,
**,
>+, -, /, <,
>
><=, <>, =, >, ><, >=, AND, EQ, GE, GT, IN, LE, LT, MAX, MIN, NE, NG, NL,
>
>NOTIN, OR, ^=, |, ||, ~=.
>
>I'm sure this is something simple, but I could use some help.
>
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>
>
>Dan