topic Re: Rename in SAS Programming

Rename

Ronein — Sun, 26 Jul 2020 10:31:11 GMT

Hello

I want to rename columns in data set ttt by using help data set that tell for each column name what will be the new column name

Data ttt;
Input F1 F2 F3 $ F4 F5 F6 $;
cards;
1 2 Judy 4 5 Halifax 
;
run;

Data New_Names;
Input oldName $ NewName $;
Cards;
F1 ID
F2 age
F3 name
F4 height
F5 weight
F6 bank
;
Run;

Re: Rename

ballardw — Sun, 26 Jul 2020 10:47:01 GMT

data _null_;
   set new_names end=last;
   if _n_=1 then do;
      call execute("proc datasets library=work;
      modify ttt;
      rename");
   end;
   call execute (oldname||'='||newname);
   if last then call execute(';quit;');
run;

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