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Maze
Fluorite | Level 6

Hi!

I´m having a problem regarding naming conventions in SAS.

I working with a table that I have no control over and one columns identifier contains a hashtag (ID_XXX#).

To insert rows via 'proc sql', I have to omit the insert column listing because SAS can´t handle the # in the one column´s name.

Since omitting this list is bad practice and may crash my program if there are changes made to the table,

I´d like to find a way to handle the problem.

How to handle column names containing hashtags

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data_null__
Jade | Level 19

You may need to learn about SASNAMES.  Using system option VALIDVARNAME=ANY you should be able to use the name.  When you reference it you will need to use name literal syntax 'name'N.  For example.

data _null_;
  
'(ID_XXX#)'n = 'Any name';
  
put _all_;
  
run;

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data_null__
Jade | Level 19

You may need to learn about SASNAMES.  Using system option VALIDVARNAME=ANY you should be able to use the name.  When you reference it you will need to use name literal syntax 'name'N.  For example.

data _null_;
  
'(ID_XXX#)'n = 'Any name';
  
put _all_;
  
run;

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