topic create variable values from array variables in SAS Programming

create variable values from array variables

SAS_inquisitive — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 18:37:33 GMT

data want;
  array a_{*} a b c d;
  do i = 1 to dim(a_);
  	name = "a_{i}";
	output;
   end;
run;

data want;

name

mkeintz — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 16:57:37 GMT

Instead of

name="a_{I}";

try

name=vname(a_{I});

SAS_inquisitive — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 18:38:07 GMT

Thank you, mkeintz.