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Tyler_G
Fluorite | Level 6

Hi there,

I have a double nested macro loop and at the end of each iteration I want to output the resulting work file and at the same time have it named so that I know which iteration of each loop it is at. I can do it so that I have either &I or &J in the name but not both...

Code looks something like this:

 

%MACRO LOOP;
%DO I = 1 %TO 1;
%DO J = 1 %TO 1;

 

*CALCULATIONS AND STEPS IN HERE;

 

DATA HAVE;
SET HAVE;
*CALCULATIONS IN HERE
RUN; QUIT;

 

%END;
%END;
%MEND LOOP;

 

So what I want is multiple output files (using the data I have after each loop) that are named "LOOP_-1_+1", "LOOP_-3_+2" etc...

Thanks!!!

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Astounding
PROC Star

Because your loop re-uses HAVE, the easiest way would be to copy over the output at the end of the loop.  Instead of a QUIT statement, replace that with:

 

data loop_&i._&j.;

set have;

run;

 

**********************************

 

EDITED:  An even better idea.

 

Really, you only need to change one line of code.  Right now your program includes:

 

DATA HAVE;

 

Change this line to read:

 

data have loop_&i._&j.;

 

 

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Shmuel
Garnet | Level 18

Try addapt the macro as:

%MACRO LOOP;
%DO I = 1 %TO 1;
%DO J = 1 %TO 1;
 
*CALCULATIONS AND STEPS IN HERE;

/* calculate previous I, J values */ %let m = &i; %let n = &j; %if &n > 1 %then %let n = %eval(&n - 1); %else %do; %if &i > 1 %then %do; %let n = %TO; %let m = %eval(&i -1); %end; %end; DATA HAVE&i&j; %if &i=1 and &j=1 %then %do; SET HAVE; %end; %else %do; SET HAVE&m&n; %end; *CALCULATIONS IN HERE RUN; QUIT; %END; %END; %MEND LOOP;
Reeza
Super User

You can't have negatives and positives in your names. You can include them in the labels if you want. 

Astounding
PROC Star

Because your loop re-uses HAVE, the easiest way would be to copy over the output at the end of the loop.  Instead of a QUIT statement, replace that with:

 

data loop_&i._&j.;

set have;

run;

 

**********************************

 

EDITED:  An even better idea.

 

Really, you only need to change one line of code.  Right now your program includes:

 

DATA HAVE;

 

Change this line to read:

 

data have loop_&i._&j.;

 

 

Tyler_G
Fluorite | Level 6

Worked perfectlyI Thanks! 🙂

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