Problem Note 2714: SCL code following a dot concatenated macro variable reference may not
compile
If you reference a dot concatenated macro variable in a SAS Component
Language (SCL) program such as in the following code fragment,
init:
str="&MyMacVar.World.";
put str=;
return;
any statements following the macro variable reference may not compile.
During the compilation of your SCL program statements, the trailing
period on a dot concatenated substitution is truncated. This, in turn,
causes the SCL compiler to interpret that it's done processing the
source code. Thus, any SCL code following the macro variable reference
is completely ignored.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Reported Release | Fixed Release* |
| SAS System | SAS/AF | OpenVMS Alpha | 8 TS M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| CMS | 8 TS M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 8 TS M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| HP-UX | 8 TS M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| ABI+ for Intel Architecture | 8 TS M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| z/OS | 8 TS M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| OS/2 | 8 TS M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| IRIX | 8 TS M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 8 TS M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | 8 TS M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| Microsoft Windows 95/98 | 8 TS M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| OpenVMS VAX | 8 TS M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 8 TS M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| Solaris | 8 TS M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 8 TS M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| Tru64 UNIX | 8 TS M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
| AIX | 8 TS M0 | 8.2 TS2M0 |
*
For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed
Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be
fixed.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Topic: | SAS Reference ==> SCL (SAS Component Language)
|
| Date Modified: | 2000-07-05 13:41:04 |
| Date Created: | 2000-05-23 16:38:01 |
