https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Value-of-VAR1-to-ID-which-of-VAR2-VARn-to-use/m-p/71538#M15486 Look at using the VVALUEX function in a DATA step.<BR /> <BR /> Scott Barry<BR /> SBBWorks, Inc. Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:30:49 GMT sbb 2009-09-15T16:30:49Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Value-of-VAR1-to-ID-which-of-VAR2-VARn-to-use/m-p/71537#M15485 VAR1 contains the name of a second variable that I would like to choose for further processing. The value of VAR1 could be VAR2, VAR3, VAR4, VARn etc. I would like to create a new variable, NEW1, that would take the value of either VAR2, VAR3, VAR4, VARn etc. depending on the value of VAR1. Also, the # of possibilities, "n", could be different at different points in time and I would like the code to check for that. <BR /> <BR /> Is there a simple way to do this without writing a very large if-then-do piece of code that will list each VAR2-VARn individually? Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:04:35 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Value-of-VAR1-to-ID-which-of-VAR2-VARn-to-use/m-p/71537#M15485 deleted_user 2009-09-15T16:04:35Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Value-of-VAR1-to-ID-which-of-VAR2-VARn-to-use/m-p/71538#M15486 Look at using the VVALUEX function in a DATA step.<BR /> <BR /> Scott Barry<BR /> SBBWorks, Inc. Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:30:49 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Value-of-VAR1-to-ID-which-of-VAR2-VARn-to-use/m-p/71538#M15486 sbb 2009-09-15T16:30:49Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Value-of-VAR1-to-ID-which-of-VAR2-VARn-to-use/m-p/71539#M15487 That did the trick, I hadn't heard of that function before. Thanks. Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:22:59 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Value-of-VAR1-to-ID-which-of-VAR2-VARn-to-use/m-p/71539#M15487 deleted_user 2009-09-15T17:22:59Z