Same date in code multiple times.... is there a way

So I have the same date in my code to grab different data sets, and If i want to change the month from say 072012 to 082012. Rathter then do it in every data step is it possible to make it so I only have to change it once?

On Tuesday, August 7, 2012 11:43:01 AM UTC-7, (unknown) wrote:
> So I have the same date in my code to grab different data sets, and If i want to change the month from say 072012 to 082012. Rathter then do it in every data step is it possible to make it so I only have to change it once?

Make it a macro variable, then you only need to change it once.

On Tuesday, August 7, 2012 3:23:22 PM UTC-4, Ya Huang wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 7, 2012 11:43:01 AM UTC-7, (unknown) wrote: > So I have the same date in my code to grab different data sets, and If i want to change the month from say 072012 to 082012. Rathter then do it in every data step is it possible to make it so I only have to change it once? Make it a macro variable, then you only need to change it once.

How would I make it a macro variable?

On Tuesday, August 7, 2012 12:46:55 PM UTC-7, (unknown) wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 7, 2012 3:23:22 PM UTC-4, Ya Huang wrote:
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> > On Tuesday, August 7, 2012 11:43:01 AM UTC-7, (unknown) wrote: > So I have the same date in my code to grab different data sets, and If i want to change the month from say 072012 to 082012. Rathter then do it in every data step is it possible to make it so I only have to change it once? Make it a macro variable, then you only need to change it once.
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> How would I make it a macro variable?

%let my_date=082012;

%put &my_date;

data want;
set extract_&my_date;
run;