Shortcuts for writing out column-names

SasStatistics — Sun, 23 May 2021 12:41:48 GMT

If I want to, for instance sum the columns named:

CampingOther, CampingTent, CampingRV, CampingBackcountry.

The obvious thing to use is:

sum(CampingOther, CampingTent, CampingRV, CampingBackcountry)

However, I know the "faster way" to do it would be:

sum(of Camping:)

Notice the usage of: ("of" and ":").

Does anyone know:
1. What to search for to find the documentation for this.
2. I know (but don't remember the syntax) that there were similar commands such as:
column1,column2, column3 could be written as column1-column3.
Any documentation link where I can read about these kind of "simplifications"?

Thanks.

Re: Shortcuts for writing out column-names

FreelanceReinh — Sun, 23 May 2021 13:11:22 GMT

Hello @SasStatistics,

These "shortcuts" can be found in the documentation under SAS Variable Lists.

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Shortcuts for writing out column-names

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