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torvyle
Calcite | Level 5

Hello,

 

SAS is running the following code but results are not being generated. I'm running Enterprise Guide 7.12.

 

%macro abc;
	data want;
		set have;
		%do num=1 %to 25;
			%if diag_code&num. in ("Z590", "Z591", "Z598") %then
				dcheck&num.=1;
		%end;
	run;
%mend;
%abc;
run;

 Thanks

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Astounding
PROC Star

You could switch to arrays, as suggested.  Then you wouldn't need any macro language at all.  However, you can get macro language to do the job easily enough by cutting out a couple of percent signs:

 

%macro abc;
	data want;
		set have;
		%do num=1 %to 25;
			if diag_code&num. in ("Z590", "Z591", "Z598") then
				dcheck&num.=1;
		%end;
	run;
%mend;
%abc

The idea is to have the DATA step process the data.  The role of macro language is to make sure that the correct DATA step code gets generated.

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Reeza
Super User
What happens if you use an array instead of macro code here?
Why are you using macros instead of arrays?
Astounding
PROC Star

You could switch to arrays, as suggested.  Then you wouldn't need any macro language at all.  However, you can get macro language to do the job easily enough by cutting out a couple of percent signs:

 

%macro abc;
	data want;
		set have;
		%do num=1 %to 25;
			if diag_code&num. in ("Z590", "Z591", "Z598") then
				dcheck&num.=1;
		%end;
	run;
%mend;
%abc

The idea is to have the DATA step process the data.  The role of macro language is to make sure that the correct DATA step code gets generated.

Kurt_Bremser
Super User

@torvyle wrote:

Hello,

 

SAS is running the following code but results are not being generated. I'm running Enterprise Guide 7.12.

 

%macro abc;
	data want;
		set have;
		%do num=1 %to 25;
			%if diag_code&num. in ("Z590", "Z591", "Z598") %then
				dcheck&num.=1;
		%end;
	run;
%mend;
%abc;
run;

 Thanks


Do not use the macro language for manipulating data. Macro language is for manipulating code.

Use the data step's tools for this:

data want;
set have;
array diags {*} diag_code1-diag_code25;
array checks {*} dcheck1-dcheck25;
do num = 1 to 25;
  if diags{num} in ("Z590", "Z591", "Z598")
  then checks{num} = 1;
end;
drop num;
run;
torvyle
Calcite | Level 5

Thanks, everyone.  KurtBremser's solution works too. 

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