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Filipvdr
Pyrite | Level 9

First I select all variabel names from a data set edc_recipe. Afterwards i select the names that i want seperated by #.

Then I want to loop through the list and print for every variable an XML Tag <name> value </name> (see orange part)

Who can help me?


data colnames(keep=vname);
  set RF300l3.edc_recipe (obs=1) ;
  array n{*} _NUMERIC_ ;
  array c{*} _CHARACTER_ ;

  do i = 1 to dim(n) ;
    vname = vname(n{i}) ;
    output ;
  end ;
  do i = 1 to dim(c) ;
    vname = vname(c{i}) ;
output;
  end ;
run ;


proc sql;
select vname into:test separated by '#' from colnames where vname not in ('Date','Datim','Serial_No','NrWafers','col_ins_row_id','Facility','LotId') ;
quit;
%put &test;

Data _null_;
file outxml;
%let tab=" ";
set  output_data_keep NOBS=Lst;
if _n_=1 then do;
put '<?xml version="1.0" ?>';
put '<lot>';
end;
put '<Row>';
if type = 'RECIPE' then do;
put &tab'<Params>';
  j = 0;
   do while (scan(&test,j,'#') NE '');
  Temp = scan(&test,j,'#');
  put &tab &tab '<Temp>' vvaluex(Temp) '</Temp>';
   j= j+1;
  end;
put &tab'</Params>';
end;
put '</Row>';
if _n_ = lst then do;
put '</lot>';
end;
run;
ods xml close;

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Tom
Super User Tom
Super User

Instead of generating the list with # delimiter generate it as a comma separated list of quoted strings.

Then you can just use a DO loop to output the tagged values.

%let vlist = 'Name', 'Age', 'Sex' ;

data _null_;

  set sashelp.class ;

  do _name = &vlist ;

   _start=cats('<',_name,'>');

   _end=cats('</',_name,'>');

   _val = quote(strip(vvaluex(_name)));

   put _start _val _end @;

  end;

  put;

run;

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art297
Opal | Level 21

I can help you with the first part.  Why not just use something like:

proc sql noprint;

  select name into:test

    separated by '#'

      from dictionary.columns

        where libname="RF300L3"

         and memname="EDC_RECIPE"

         and name not in ('Date','Datim','Serial_No',

         'NrWafers','col_ins_row_id','Facility','LotId')

  ;

quit;

As for the second part, you use the file statement, but never associated it with a file name.  Was that intentional.  Then, at the end, you close ods xml, but never opened it.  Aren't you just trying to write a text file with an xml extension?

FriedEgg
SAS Employee

filename tmp temp;

ods xml file=tmp;

/* using ods will add some tags you may not want by default, I do not know of options to remove these tags but it doesn't mean they don't exist, possibly using proc template... */

proc print data=sashelp.class; run;

ods xml close;

Reference materials concerning the SAS XML Libname Engine:

http://support.sas.com/rnd/base/xmlengine/index.html

art297
Opal | Level 21

You haven't responded to my earlier questions, but I just noticed something else that you will have to change. Within the same datastep you use %let to assign a value to a macro variable and then try to use that macro variable within the same datastep.  That won't work!  You will have to move the %let statement outside of the datastep.

Peter_C
Rhodochrosite | Level 12

Filip


without the data step specifying the tags, you might achieve what you need with the XML libname engine.

Have a look at http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/engxml/63177/HTML/default/p0c5z18meh4ilzn1cw71t8waayjq.h... for SAS9.3 XML Guide or http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/engxml/62845/HTML/default/a002592584.htm for exporting to XML in SAS9.2

peterC

Tom
Super User Tom
Super User

Instead of generating the list with # delimiter generate it as a comma separated list of quoted strings.

Then you can just use a DO loop to output the tagged values.

%let vlist = 'Name', 'Age', 'Sex' ;

data _null_;

  set sashelp.class ;

  do _name = &vlist ;

   _start=cats('<',_name,'>');

   _end=cats('</',_name,'>');

   _val = quote(strip(vvaluex(_name)));

   put _start _val _end @;

  end;

  put;

run;

Filipvdr
Pyrite | Level 9

@Art: I didnt post all my code. My XML is generated fine, I just have a problem with the orange part I want to solve.

@FriedEgg: I want really specific XML which i think can not be generated by a proc print or something else.

@Peter C.: I work with 9.1.3 here. At other project I worked indeed with XML Libname engine, but not here because i really need specific XML

@Tom: your reply is a possible answer to my question, i'm going to try it out now..

EDIT: Tom, I created my own VLIST:

'ProcessPlan','MainTool','user_id','Wafers_1','RecipeName_1','RecipeValue_1','RecipeName_2','Recip

eValue_2','RecipeName_3','RecipeValue_3','RecipeName_4','RecipeValue_4','RecipeRptName_1','RecipeR

ptValue_1','RecipeRptName_2','RecipeRptValue_2','RecipeRptName_3','RecipeRptValue_3','RecipeRptNam

e_4','RecipeRptValue_4','RecipeRptName_5','RecipeRptValue_5','StepServices_1','StepServices_2','St

epServices_3','StepServices_4','StepServices_5','col_ins_id','sstrMainStep','sstrCycleTimeExpected

','sstrReleaseStatus','RecipeParameters_1','RecipeParameters_2','RecipeParameters_3','RecipeParame

ters_4'

When i want to loop through the list it seems to cut these long parameternames somehow, any idea what this could be?

Variable like ProcessPlan, Maintool, User all goes ok till Recipename_1..

EDIT: Solution: Adding a format for _name

Thanks Tom!

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