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NewUsrStat
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10

Hi guys, 

suppose to do a proc summary and you have a list of variables ending with "_0" you want to give to var. How can you indicate all that variables at once? They are not in a specified order to use "fromthefirst--tothelast".

 

Thank you in advance

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PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20

There is no short way of specifying variables with a common suffix. 

 

Do something like this, put them in a macro vairable and use that in your Proc Summary

 

data have;
input ID One_0 SecondVar Two_0 One Three_0 Three;
datalines;
1 1 2 3 1 2 3
2 4 5 6 4 5 6
3 7 8 9 7 8 9
4 1 2 3 1 2 3
5 4 5 6 4 5 6
;

%let suffix=_0;
 
proc sql noprint;
   select name into :vars separated by ' ' 
   from dictionary.columns 
   where upcase(libname)=upcase('work') 
     and upcase(memname)=upcase('have')
     and upcase(substr(name,length(name)-(length("&suffix")-1),length("&suffix")))=upcase("&suffix");
quit;
 
%put &vars;

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PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20

There is no short way of specifying variables with a common suffix. 

 

Do something like this, put them in a macro vairable and use that in your Proc Summary

 

data have;
input ID One_0 SecondVar Two_0 One Three_0 Three;
datalines;
1 1 2 3 1 2 3
2 4 5 6 4 5 6
3 7 8 9 7 8 9
4 1 2 3 1 2 3
5 4 5 6 4 5 6
;

%let suffix=_0;
 
proc sql noprint;
   select name into :vars separated by ' ' 
   from dictionary.columns 
   where upcase(libname)=upcase('work') 
     and upcase(memname)=upcase('have')
     and upcase(substr(name,length(name)-(length("&suffix")-1),length("&suffix")))=upcase("&suffix");
quit;
 
%put &vars;

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