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paulsparrow
Obsidian | Level 7
I am trying to create a macro shortcut for use in a function.

DATA _null_ ;
CALL symput('num','1234567890');
RUN ;

Then later do this:
xxx = INDEX(city,&num.) ;

The code is not picking up the macro assignement. Any help?
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paulsparrow
Obsidian | Level 7
My bad. Needed INDEXC()
sbb
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10 sbb
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10
The SAS 9 (introduced) function ANYDIGIT may also work for you - with my test as compared to INDEXC, it was twice as fast over a large DO/END loop on Windows OS.

Scott Barry
SBBWorks, Inc.
DanielSantos
Barite | Level 11
Try replacing:

INDEX(city,&num)

with:

INDEX(city,symget('num'))

You should also consider Scott's suggestions, ANYDIGIT might do the trick in a much simpler way.

Cheers from Portugal.

Daniel Santos @ www.cgd.pt
sbb
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10 sbb
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10
I believe the use of INDEX function is not equivalent to either INDEXC or ANYDIGIT. Also, if the OP was to use INDEX, the second argument must be character, so it would need to be enclosed in double-quotation marks to work properly.

Scott Barry
SBBWorks, Inc.

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