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SYMGET(argument) |
can be one of the following items:
the name of a macro variable within double quotation marks but without an ampersand
the name of a DATA step character variable, specified with no quotation marks, which contains a macro variable name
a character expression that constructs a macro variable name
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If the SYMGET function returns a value to a variable that has not yet been assigned a length, by default the variable is assigned a length of 200.
The SYMGET function returns the value of a macro variable during DATA step execution. For more information, see the SYMGET Function in SAS Macro Language: Reference.
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