SAS® Macro Programming Made Easy, Second Edition

Chapter 8. Masking Special Characters and Mnemonic Operators

Introduction	190
Why Are Quoting Functions Called Quoting Functions?	191
Illustrating the Need for Macro Quoting Functions	191
Describing the Commonly Used Macro Quoting Functions	192
Understanding How Macro Quoting Functions Work	194
Applying Macro Quoting Functions	195
Specifying Macro Program Parameters That Contain Special Characters or Mnemonic Operators	203
Unmasking Text and the %UNQUOTE Function	213
Using Quoting Versions of Macro Character Functions and Autocall Macro Programs	214

Introduction

The SAS macro language is a text-handling language that relies on specific syntax structures to perform its tasks in constructing SAS code for you. It relies on triggers such as ampersands and percent signs ...