topic Re: Searching communities for exact string %LIST in All Things Community

Searching communities for exact string %LIST

data_null__ — Fri, 22 May 2026 19:11:02 GMT

I want to search for the %LIST statement. I have tried \%list and '%LIST' but no joy. I don't know what I don't know.

Re: Searching communities for exact string %LIST

Quentin — Fri, 22 May 2026 19:16:58 GMT

I couldn't get it to work from the communities search bar, but googling for:

site:communities.sas.com "%list"

seemed to do it.

Re: Searching communities for exact string %LIST

data_null__ — Fri, 22 May 2026 19:21:51 GMT

That returns everything LIST I want the %LIST statement. Which may not exist.

@Quentin wrote:

I couldn't get it to work from the communities search bar, but googling for:
site:communities.sas.com "%list"
seemed to do it.

Re: Searching communities for exact string %LIST

Quentin — Fri, 22 May 2026 19:33:24 GMT

@data_null__ wrote:

That returns everything LIST I want the %LIST statement. Which may not exist.
@Quentin wrote:

I couldn't get it to work from the communities search bar, but googling for:
site:communities.sas.com "%list"
seemed to do it.

I think it's returning everything with %list, i.e. including the % sign at least. So slightly better than what I get from the communities search bar. But it's mostly returning people's %list macros, not the %list statement.

I did find the %list statement in the docs:
https://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/pgmsascdc/9.4_3.5/lestmtsglobal/p02qgs5rt5lydbn1l6is036snn9j.htm

Looks like it's only useful in the ancient interactive line mode.

Re: Searching communities for exact string %LIST

data_null__ — Fri, 22 May 2026 19:44:29 GMT

Hi @Quentin I know about the %LIST statement and documentation. I was looking for off-label uses of this ancient SAS statement. Also, want to know how to search for a word with percent sign.

Re: Searching communities for exact string %LIST

ChrisHemedinger — Fri, 22 May 2026 20:28:36 GMT

I'm afraid this is a search "black hole" -- the percent symbol gets escaped in the URL (because the internet decided % and & are meant for URL directives and not for SAS macros, even though SAS macro has been around longer). The Google site search is the best workaround that I can think of.

I searched ALL message titles (I have that data) and none mention %LIST in the subject line.

Re: Searching communities for exact string %LIST

Tom — Sat, 23 May 2026 18:49:20 GMT

You can ask Google for a literal search. It appears that is triggered in the URL by setting TBS parameter to li:1 .

https://www.google.com/search?q=%40sas.com+%22%25list%22&tbs=li:1