a=123; call symput("x",a); a is a variable, 123 is the value of

If you need the value of a variable rather than the
variable itself what would you use to load the value to a
macro variable?

Question Posted / yuyin

Answer Posted / yuyin

a=123;
call symput("x",a);
a is a variable, 123 is the value of variable a, x is macro
variable, symput will assign 123 to macro variable x.

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