Dear SAS communities
I can use hx_: to pick out all the variables with names starting with "hx_"
but is there a way to pick out all the variables with names that end with some specific text? for example: I want to pick out all the variables "diabetes_year", "ami_year", "menopause_year" by using "_year", is there such code?
thanks
Raymond
You'd have to show where you are doing the task but, more than likely, you can use the reverse function, e.g.,
if reverse(varname) =: 'reay_';
Art, CEO, AnalystFinder.com
There is no way to do specify a variable list based on the ending of the name.
You could build a list of names by querying the metadata of the data source.
proc contents data=have noprint out=contents; run;
proc sql noprint;
%let varlist=;
select varnum,name
into :dummy,:varlist separated by ' '
from contents
where upcase(name) like '%^_YEAR' escape '^'
order by varnum
;
quit;
data want ;
set have ;
max_year_value = max(of . &varlist );
run;
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