https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/how-to-identify-max-variable-in-a-list/m-p/418466#M102794 <P>is there a way to identify maximum variable in a list</P><P>i have the below variables and i need to identify first and last i.e c_1 and c_5. is there a way to check it?</P><P>idno value c_1 c_2 c_3 c_4 c_5</P> Tue, 05 Dec 2017 13:44:37 GMT mj5 2017-12-05T13:44:37Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/how-to-identify-max-variable-in-a-list/m-p/418466#M102794 <P>is there a way to identify maximum variable in a list</P><P>i have the below variables and i need to identify first and last i.e c_1 and c_5. is there a way to check it?</P><P>idno value c_1 c_2 c_3 c_4 c_5</P> Tue, 05 Dec 2017 13:44:37 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/how-to-identify-max-variable-in-a-list/m-p/418466#M102794 mj5 2017-12-05T13:44:37Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/how-to-identify-max-variable-in-a-list/m-p/418467#M102795 <P>For similarly named variables, you can use the of : construct:</P> <PRE><CODE class=" language-sas">maxval = max(of c_:);</CODE></PRE> Tue, 05 Dec 2017 13:48:27 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/how-to-identify-max-variable-in-a-list/m-p/418467#M102795 Kurt_Bremser 2017-12-05T13:48:27Z