topic Re: Assigning data set values to macro variables in SAS Programming https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Assigning-data-set-values-to-macro-variables/m-p/423574#M104179 Thanks Tue, 26 Dec 2017 12:27:58 GMT Sharathr 2017-12-26T12:27:58Z Assigning data set values to macro variables https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Assigning-data-set-values-to-macro-variables/m-p/423570#M104177 Hi forum,<BR /><BR />I have data set Sample like below<BR />Var1 var2<BR />Id a123<BR />Name KKK<BR /><BR />Var1 and var2 are column names.<BR />I would like to create macro variables in names mentioned in var1 and assign the corresponding values in var2 to them.<BR />Kindly help.<BR /><BR /><BR /><BR /> Tue, 26 Dec 2017 12:19:51 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Assigning-data-set-values-to-macro-variables/m-p/423570#M104177 Sharathr 2017-12-26T12:19:51Z Assigning data set values to macro variables https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Assigning-data-set-values-to-macro-variables/m-p/423567#M104180 Hi forum,<BR /><BR />I have data set Sample like below<BR />Var1 var2<BR />Id a123<BR />Name KKK<BR /><BR />Var1 and var2 are column names.<BR />I would like to create macro variables in names mentioned in var1 and adding the corresponding values in var2 to them.<BR />Kindly help<BR /><BR /><BR /> Tue, 26 Dec 2017 11:56:28 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Assigning-data-set-values-to-macro-variables/m-p/423567#M104180 Sharathr 2017-12-26T11:56:28Z Re: Assigning data set values to macro variables https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Assigning-data-set-values-to-macro-variables/m-p/423572#M104178 <PRE><CODE class=" language-sas">data _null_; input Var1 $ var2 $; call symputx(var1, var2); datalines; Id a123 Name LLL ; %put &amp;id &amp;name;</CODE></PRE> Tue, 26 Dec 2017 12:24:40 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Assigning-data-set-values-to-macro-variables/m-p/423572#M104178 WarrenKuhfeld 2017-12-26T12:24:40Z Re: Assigning data set values to macro variables https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Assigning-data-set-values-to-macro-variables/m-p/423574#M104179 Thanks Tue, 26 Dec 2017 12:27:58 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Assigning-data-set-values-to-macro-variables/m-p/423574#M104179 Sharathr 2017-12-26T12:27:58Z