topic parameter 1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806 in SAS Programming

parameter 1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806

Ronein — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 06:52:49 GMT

Hello

I want to ask a question please.

Let's say that a user define 56 parameters

%let x1=1801;
%let x2=1802;
%let x3=1803;
%let x4=1804;
%let x5=1805;
%let x6=1806;

The task is to create another parameter that is created automatically and will receive the value:
1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806

How can I do it please?

Ronein — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 07:03:53 GMT

Sorry.

I found the answer

%let x1=1801;
%let x2=1802;
%let x3=1803;
%let x4=1804;
%let x5=1805;
%let x6=1806;

%let new=&x1.,&x2.,&x3.,&x4.,&x5.,&x6.;
%put &new.;

RW9 — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 08:00:06 GMT

56 macro variables, plus one big one to hold them all. Doesn't sound like a great process to me. Why not store the data in a dataset?