I have a set of input macro variables in SAS. They are dynamic and generated based on the user selection in a sas stored process.
For example:There are 10 input values 1 to 10.
The name of the macro variable is VAR_. If a user selects 2,5,7 then 4 macro variables are created.
&VAR_0=3;
&VAR_=2;
&VAR_1=5;
&VAR_2=7;
The first one with suffix 0 provides the count. The next 3 provides the values.
Note:If a user select only one value then only one macro variable is created. For example If a user selects 9 then &var_=9; will be created. There will not be any count macro variable. I am trying to create a sas table using these variables.
It should be like this
OBS VAR
-----------
1 2
2 5
3 7
-----------
This is what I tried. Not sure if this is the right way to do approach it. It doesn't give me a final solution but I can atleast get the name of the macro variables in a table. How can I get their values ?
data tbl1;
do I=1 to &var_0;
VAR=CAT('&VAR_',I-1);
OUTPUT;
END;
RUN;
PROC SQL;
CREATE TABLE TBL2 AS
SELECT I,
CASE WHEN VAR= '&VAR_0' THEN '&VAR_' ELSE VAR END AS VAR
from TBL1;
QUIT;
Thank You for your help.
Jay
I don't understand your numbering scheme and recommend changing it, if you can; the &var_
variable is very confusing.
Anyway, the easiest way to do this is SYMGET
. That returns a value from the macro symbol table which you can specify at runtime.
%let VAR_0=3;
%let VAR_=2;
%let VAR_1=5;
%let VAR_2=7;
data want;
do obs = 1 to &var_0.;
var = input(symget(cats('VAR_',ifc(obs=1,'',put(obs-1,2.)))),2.);
output;
end;
run;