title: Special Characters in SAS
body: <p>HI , I'm trying to use * special character in SAS Statement but it see it as commenting character , so is there any method that allow me to mask it , as to use it as special character not as commenting character.</p>
  
  <p>here is the statement that am trying to use * in it: </p>
  
  <p>%let source=/home/sas/SASMR/Reports/*.pdf;  </p>
  
  <p>as a result of this , it comment what is come next to * .</p>