Can you use a list of items in a macrovariable in a whare statement and in operator?

[Ksharp · Accepted solution]

%let food= SUV Sedan Sports ;

proc sql;
create table want as
 select * from sashelp.cars
  where findw(symget('food'),strip(type));
quit;

[mcook]

Ah that works nicely.  Thank you

[mcook]

Was shown this way to accomplish this as well.

Given the TestTable from my original post.

proc sql noprint;
	select '"'||strip(C)||'"' into :foods
		separated by ' '
	from TestTable;
quit;

%PUT Foods=&Foods.;

This also works with the distinct predicate. such as:

proc sql noprint;
	select distinct '"'||Strip(type)||'"' into :CarTypes
		separated by ' '
	from sashelp.cars;
quit;

%PUT CarTypes=&CarTypes.;

[Tom]

Two problems with 

'"'||strip(C)||'"'

First is that using STRIP() instead of TRM() will remove any leading spaces from the values of C.  So that the quoted strings will now no longer match the value that is in the dataset.

Second is when the value of C contains quote characters.  You need to double any quote characters to make a valid string literal.

Better to use the TRIM() and QUOTE() functions.

quote(trim(C))