CALL SYMPUT Routine

Assigns DATA step information to a macro variable

Category: Macro

Syntax

CALL SYMPUT ( argument-1 , argument-2 );

Arguments

argument-1

• specifies a character expression that identifies the macro variable that is assigned a value. If the macro variable does not exist, the routine creates it.

argument-2

• specifies a character expression that contains the value that is assigned.

Details

The CALL SYMPUT routine either creates a macro variable whose value is information from the DATA step or assigns a DATA step value to an existing macro variable. CALL SYMPUT is fully documented in 'SYMPUT Routine' in SAS Macro Language: Reference .

See Also

Function:

• 'SYMGET Function' on page 844