Date:         Wed, 18 Feb 1998 07:27:16 -0500
Reply-To:     Xi Chen <chenxi@EASYWAY.NET>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         Xi Chen <chenxi@EASYWAY.NET>
Subject:      Re: Macro help
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You may try the following:
 
call symput('fidmax'||left(_n_),max);
 
The reason your code does not work is that if SAS is smart enough
to convert _n_, which is numeric, into a character, it is right
justified.  As a reason, for a single digit _n_, it will leave
a blank space in your macro variable name, which is not allowed.
Hope it helps.
 
Chen Xi, Ph.D.
PharmClint Co.
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Hi SAS users,
 
        I want to create a series of macro variables using
        call symput in data step. My code, shown below, does not work.
 
        data _null_;
          set temp;
          call symput('fidmax' || _n_,max);
 
        Could anyone help me with this?
 
Thx!
 
Tim Pi