Put specific CSV files in ZIP files

[mmea]

Hi.

I have a code that makes 25 CSV files.

These files are based on 5 regions and each region has 5 files.

I want to create 5 zipfiles for each regions, which includes the 5 files for each region.

I use this code to export to csv file (the 25 files), i use it in a macro to get the name of the file, so i my folder i get 25 files looking like this:

A_COVID19_TAB1_20210317.csv

A_COVID19_TAB2_20210317.csv

A_COVID19_TAB3_20210317.csv

A_COVID19_TAB4_20210317.csv

A_COVID19_TAB5_20210317.csv

B_COVID19_TAB1_20210317.csv

B_COVID19_TAB2_20210317.csv

B_COVID19_TAB3_20210317.csv

B_COVID19_TAB4_20210317.csv

B_COVID19_TAB5_20210317.csv

....

same for regioncode C, D, E

I want to make 5 zip files for each code named:

A_COVID19_20210317.zip

B_COVID19_20210317.zip

C_COVID19_20210317.zip

D_COVID19_20210317.zip

E_COVID19_20210317.zip

%let YYYYMMDD=%sysfunc(inputn(&DDMMMYYYY_h,best12.), YYMMDDN.6);

%macro regioncode(region);
%do i=1 %to 5;

proc export data=tabel&i. replace
  outfile="&out_folder.\&region._COVID19_TAB&i._&YYYYMMDD..csv"
  dbms=dlm
;
delimiter=';';
quit;


%regioncode(A);
%regioncode(B);
%regioncode(C);
%regioncode(D);
%regioncode(E);


%end;
%mend;

[Kurt_Bremser]

You can write your csv directly as a member into a ZIP file:

filename zipfile zip '/folders/myfolders/myfile.zip';

data _null_;
set sashelp.class;
file zipfile(class.csv) dlm=";" dsd;
if _n_ = 1 then put "name;sex;age";
put name sex age;
run;

data _null_;
set sashelp.cars;
file zipfile(cars.csv) dlm=";" dsd;
if _n_ = 1 then put "make;model";
put make model;
run;

filename zipfile clear;

Note that the

fileref(member)

notation cannot be used in PROC EXPORT (it accepts only physical filenames), so you have to use DATA _NULL_ steps to write the csv content.

[mmea]

Can I do this in the same Macro as shown ?

[Kurt_Bremser]

Do all datasets have the same structure?

[mmea]

I have table 1 to 5 - they all contain different data/varables but same structure and formats

[Kurt_Bremser]

That is a contradiction. If they have different variables, they can't have the same structure. "Same structure" means the same variables with the same types and attributes.

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@mmea wrote:

I have table 1 to 5 - they all contain different data/varables but same structure and formats

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