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Subject:    Re: How to compare a macro variable with a certain value in a
From:       "Fehd, Ronald J" <RJF2 () CDC ! GOV>
Date:       2005-02-28 19:32:54
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thanx, Harry
I'm definitely behind on my manual reading!
<sigh>
so many manuals, so little time! LOL

Ron Fehd  the behind the times on -some- macro issues
          macro maven  CDC Atlanta GA USA RJF2 at cdc dot gov

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harry Droogendyk

> In the following statement, the %IF-%THEN statement uses
> %BQUOTE to prevent an error if the macro variable STATE
> resolves to OR (for Oregon), which the macro processor would
> interpret as the logical operator OR otherwise:
>
> %if %bquote(&state)=OR %then %put Oregon Dept. of Revenue;
> Note:   This example works if you use %STR--but it is not
> robust or good programming practice. Because you cannot
> guarantee what &STATE is going to resolve to, you need to use
> %BQUOTE to mask the resolution of the macro variable at
> execution time, not the name of the variable itself at compile time.

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