Can FILEVAR in INFILE Be a URL?

[Junyong]

Suppose there is a data set with multiple URLs of raw data. Can one feed these paths as FILEVAR in INFILE to read multiple files? Or if impossible can one read multiple URLs using a FILENAME statement as follows?

filename pages url ('https://www.aqr.com/Insights/Datasets?&page=1' 'https://www.aqr.com/Insights/Datasets?&page=2');

It seems FILENAME does not allow this approach, but I wonder if there is any leeway to avoid %MACRO. Thanks for help.

[AhmedAl_Attar · Accepted solution]

Try this

data _null_;
infile datalines ;
length fil2read $70;
input fil2read $;
infile dummy URL filevar=fil2read end=done;
do while(not done);
 input ;
 put _infile_;
end;
datalines;
https://www.aqr.com/Insights/Datasets?&page=1 
https://www.aqr.com/Insights/Datasets?&page=2
run;

Thanks,

Ahmed

[Peter_C]

Have a look at uses of the infile / file option DEVICE=