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Obsidian | Level 7

I expect the test dataset obtain the below result; instead it got message of variables not found in the contributing table.  Anyone can help? Thanks.

 

Test Dataset

BRAND       MODEL

Acura         MDX

 

PROC SQL;
select MAKE, MODEL
into :BRAND, :MOD
from SASHELP.CARS WHERE MAKE EQ 'Acura' and MODEL EQ 'MDX';

 

PROC SQL;
CREATE TABLE TEST AS SELECT DISTINCT
&BRAND AS BRAND, &MOD AS MODEL FROM SASHELP.CARS;
QUIT;

 

 

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Kurt_Bremser
Super User

After resolution of the macro variables, your second SQL will look like this:

PROC SQL;
CREATE TABLE TEST AS SELECT DISTINCT
Acura AS BRAND, MDX AS MODEL FROM SASHELP.CARS;
QUIT;

See? There are no variables Acura or MDX in sashelp.cars.

Maybe you are looking for a where condition?

 

PS stop shouting at your computer. The SAS interpreter can read lowercase perfectly well, and it's more readable for humans.

gamotte
Rhodochrosite | Level 12

In addition to @Kurt_Bremser's answer, there is no need to use intermediary macrovariables

 

proc sql;
    CREATE TABLE TEST AS
    SELECT MAKE AS BRAND, MODEL AS MOD
    FROM sashelp.cars
    WHERE strip(upcase(MAKE))='ACURA' AND strip(upcase(MODEL))='MDX';
quit;

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