Hi,
I am using proc sql to pull the variable names and labels from a datafile I have and put them into macro vars (one each for varnames and labels). The issue is that I only want to pull in the varname+label pairs for those variables that do not have year values in the labels. This is what I've tried:
proc sql noprint;
select name, label
into :varnames separated by ' ', :varlabels separated by '#'
from dictionary.columns
where upcase(libname)='MYLIB' and
upcase(memname)='DATAFILE1' and
label not contains ('%20%');
quit;
It runs without any error messages, but it pulls in all variables even if the labels do have years in them.
Any help is much appreciated!
Try
label not contains '20'
or
label not like '%20%'
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