I have defined a macro, but when I call the macro I get an error message indicating that it isn't a recognized SPSS command.

>Error # 1.  Command name: !doLongVTC 
>The first word in the line is not recognized as an SPSS Statistics command. 
>Execution of this command stops.

Syntax File:

* Encoding: UTF-8.
define doLongVTC (vlist = !CMDEND)
    varstocases
    !DO !vname !IN (!vlist)
             /make !vname  from 
      !DO !i=1 !to 40      
                    !CONCAT("A", !I, "_",  !vname)  
        !DOEND
            /INDEX = course(!vname)
!DOEND 
         
             /NULL = KEEP.
!enddefine.

SET MPRINT = on.

!doLongVTC vlist =Themes_1 Themes_2 Themes_3 Themes_4 Themes_5 Themes_6 Themes_7 ThemesComm Content_1 Content_2 Content_3 Content_4 ContentComm Inquiry_CritThinking_1 
Inquiry_CritThinking_2 Inquiry_CritThinking_3 Inquiry_CritThinking_4 SciCritThinkingComm Values_1 Values_2 Values_3 ValuesComm Comm_Literacy_Tech_1 Comm_Literacy_Tech_2 
Comm_Literacy_Tech_3 Comm_Literacy_Tech_4 CommLitTechComm Pers_ProfDevelopmnt_1 Pers_ProfDevelopmnt_2 Pers_ProfDevelopmnt_3 Pers_ProfDevelopmnt_4 Pers_ProfDevelopmnt_5
Pers_ProfDevelopmnt_6 PersProfDevComm.

DISPLAY Macros.