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Problem Note 53008: The DOSUBL function might return an error when creating a read-only macro variable
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The following error is written to the SAS® log when you use the READONLY option in a %GLOBAL or %LOCAL statement within the DOSUBL function, and a read-only macro variable has already been created:
ERROR: The variable A was declared READONLY and cannot be modified or re-declared.
For example, the following sample code generates the error:
%global / readonly a=100;
data _null_;
rc = dosubl('%global / readonly b=200;');
run;
There is currently no circumvention for this problem.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M2 |
| Z64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.4 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||