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Quartz | Level 8

Hi,

 

I am trying to figure out why below mentioned code is not working (problem occurs at out= statement, when I set out=a by hard, it works but creates just one file clearly...):

 

%let list_of_names =  first second third;


%macro _loop();

%do i = 1 %to 4/*%sysfunc(countw(&list_of_names))*/;

proc import datafile = "\\someAddress\%scan(&list_of_names, &i).csv"
     out=%scan(&list_of_names, &i)
     dbms=csv
     replace;
     getnames=yes;
run;

%end;

%mend _loop;
%_loop();

Thanks for your suggestions!

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Astounding
PROC Star

That's a good line of thought, implementing it would be even simpler than what you tried:

 

out=_%scan(&list_of_names, &I)

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GinaRepole
SAS Employee
Could you be a little bit more explicit about what your error is? I've run this program modified for a valid path and csv files on my PC and it works perfectly for me.
Uknown_user
Quartz | Level 8

Hi, yes, here I am posting a picture of the error returned:

 

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Uknown_user
Quartz | Level 8

I assume its problem is a string dsn starting with int..looks like I will have to rename it in some way, otherwise there is some other option...?

Uknown_user
Quartz | Level 8

This also did not work:

 

out='_'||%scan(&list_of_names, &i)

Astounding
PROC Star

That's a good line of thought, implementing it would be even simpler than what you tried:

 

out=_%scan(&list_of_names, &I)

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