topic Re: Alternative to "Like any" of teradata with a macro variable in SAS in SAS Programming

Alternative to "Like any" of teradata with a macro variable in SAS

Vk_2 — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 02:27:53 GMT

I have a code similiar to this

the macro variable has Value '%678900','%625890','%827189'

proc sql ;
create table as sec;
select * from table1 
where var like any (&Value) ;
quit;

It throws an error ERROR: FUNCTION ANY COULD NOT BE LOCATED. Before to escape using like any I used PRXMATCH('~DENIED|INVALID~i',UPPER(DESC)). How to use with macro in proc sql statement?

Re: Alternative to "Like any" of teradata with a macro variable in SAS

SASKiwi — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 02:50:50 GMT

AFAIK there is no equivalent LIKE list in SAS SQL. However if you could describe the variable you are selecting on in more detail. For example, does it always contain the same number of characters? If so then you could use the SUBSTR function to choose just the last six characters of the string to compare.

Re: Alternative to "Like any" of teradata with a macro variable in SAS

Vk_2 — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 03:41:29 GMT

The 2 or third character is a "-" after which is numbers which are stored in the macro. If possible how can I save the values in a macro and how do I use it?. I am saving the values in macro by

PROC SQL NOPRINT;
SELECT quote(cats('%',value),"'")  
INTO :value  separated by ", "
FROM IDS_CODE 
;
QUIT;

Re: Alternative to "Like any" of teradata with a macro variable in SAS

SASKiwi — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 05:07:53 GMT

Maybe something like this will work then:

proc sql ;
create table as sec;
select * from table1 
where scan(var,2,'-') in ('123456','789012') ;
quit;

Re: Alternative to "Like any" of teradata with a macro variable in SAS

ChrisNZ — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 07:08:58 GMT

Like this?

proc sql noprint; select VALUE into :values separated by "|" from IDS_CODE ; create table SEC as select * from TABLE1 where prxmatch("/.*-(&values)/",VAR) ; quit;

Re: Alternative to "Like any" of teradata with a macro variable in SAS

jdfrost — Thu, 23 May 2024 19:04:54 GMT

This is a simple solution that will work if and only if the values have the same length. In the example, the search parameter is assumed to be in the beginning of the string. DATA EMPLOYEES; LENGTH LASTNAME $9; INPUT @1 LASTNAME; cards; JONES SMITH Doe wesson CRISCO ; run; proc sql number; select lastname from employees where upper(substr(strip(lastname),1,3)) in ('SMI', 'WES', 'BRO', 'DOE'); quit;

Re: Alternative to "Like any" of teradata with a macro variable in SAS

Tom — Thu, 23 May 2024 20:11:03 GMT

If you want to test the last 6 characters in a variable first remove the % from your macro variable.

Then use SUBSTRN() to get the last 6 characters and see if the result is in your new list of values.

%let value='%678900','%625890','%827189';
%let value6 = %sysfunc(transtrn(%superq(value),%str(%%),));

proc sql ;
create table want as
  select * from table1 
  where substrn(var,length(var)-5)  like (&Value6)
;
quit;