Problem Note 65606: Using a forward slash with the %SYSLPUT or %SYSRPUT statement in SAS® 9.4M5 causes existing code to fail with "Unrecognized option..."
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In SAS 9.4M5 (TS1M5) and later, the %SYSRPUT macro statement and the %SYSLPUT macro statement are enhanced to allow their values to contain a forward slash (/). For example, the enhancement allows you to use code similar to the following: %SYSRPUT _USER_ / like='d*';
However, if your %SYSLPUT or %SYSRPUT value contains a forward slash, existing SAS code fails with the following error:
ERROR: Unrecognized option to the %SYSRPUT statement.
Here is sample UNIX code that might fail because the WORK library path contains a forward slash:
%sysrput remwork =%sysfunc(pathname(work));
To work around this issue, use one of the following in the sample code above:
- Use %qsyfunc instead of %sysfunc.
- Put double quotation marks around this code: "%sysfunc(pathname(WORK))"
- Replace it with this: %sysrput remwork = %bquote(%sysfunc(pathname(work));
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS/CONNECT | z/OS | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| z/OS 64-bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Linux for x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M6 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/D9T.html#65606A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M5 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/B6Q.html#65606
You see "ERROR: Unrecognized option to the %SYSRPUT statement" when you use a forward slash (/) with either the %SYSLPUT or %SYSRPUT statement in SAS 9.4M5 (TS1M5). In this scenario, existing code fails.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2020-03-04 16:08:09 |
| Date Created: | 2020-02-25 10:49:20 |