Date:         Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:45:37 +0530
Reply-To:     Anindya Mozumdar <anindya.lugbang@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Anindya Mozumdar <anindya.lugbang@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: how to solve this senario?
Comments: To: NWAY <hymadsk@gmail.com>
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>   %let value= %superq(data level 1.2(a));
> ERROR: Invalid symbolic variable name DATA 1.2(A.
>       %put &value;
> )
>
>
> Could you please help me on this,

A very naive way of thinking about superq would be (even though it is
slightly more complex) is - "it takes a macro VARIABLE NAME as
argument and replaces it with its VALUE".

So, for example -

%let v1 = hello;
%let v2 = %superq(v1);
%put &v2;

would print hello in the SAS log as %superq(v1) would just resolve to hello.

Going by the logic above, do you have a macro variable NAMED "data
level 1.2(a)" - note that such a variable name is illegal.

Regards,
Anindya