Date:         Tue, 5 Jan 1999 13:46:59 +0100
Reply-To:     "Becker, Eckhard [IAW-04]" <EBecker@VHV.DE>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Becker, Eckhard [IAW-04]" <EBecker@VHV.DE>
Subject:      Re: Searching for macro variables
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Hy Peter,
 
I think you tried
c &d &h
or
c "&d" "&h"
 
Use
c '&d' '&h'
instead to prevent SAS from resolving your macro-vars.
 
Eckhard
 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Flom [SMTP:peter.flom@NDRI.ORG]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 1999 1:35 PM
> To:   SAS-L@AKH-WIEN.AC.AT
> Subject:      Searching for macro variables
> I'd like to search and replace the &d with a different macro variable &h,
> =
> but when I try this, SAS looks for the macro reference (drop) rather than
> =
> the macro variable (&d).  Is there a way around this?
>