Hi Everyone,
My data has a list of variable say a b c d e.
I want to create a Do Loop through a combination of this list.
My maincode working with manual combination such as:
%let var1=a; %let var2=b;
*main code;
How could I do something like
%let List_variable = a b c d e;
%do i=1 to the end of the list_variable;
%do j=i+1 to the end of the list_variable;
I dont know how to turn count (i) into name of variable a,bcde..
Thank you for your help.
HHC
data have;
input target a b c d e;
cards;
1 1 2 3 0 6
2 1 2 0 0 6
-1 1 2 0 8 16
-2 2 0 0 8 16
5 0 0 0 8 31
6 0 0 2 2 31
1 1 2 0 1 2
run;
%let var1=a;
%let var2=b;
proc reg data=have ;
model &var1 = &var2 ;
run;
%let var1=a;
%let var2=c;
proc reg data=have ;
model &var1 = &var2 ;
run;
You can use %scan to find the i'th element in the list. You should probably look into Call ALLCOMB though, it's probably an easier way to generate all your 2/3 options and more scalable.
%let list=a b c d e;
%macro loop(vlist);
%let nwords=%sysfunc(countw(&vlist));
%do i=1 %to &nwords;
%do j=&i+1 %to &nwords;
%put %scan(&vlist, &i) + %scan(&vlist, &j);
%end;
%end;
%mend;
%loop(&list);
You can use %scan to find the i'th element in the list. You should probably look into Call ALLCOMB though, it's probably an easier way to generate all your 2/3 options and more scalable.
%let list=a b c d e;
%macro loop(vlist);
%let nwords=%sysfunc(countw(&vlist));
%do i=1 %to &nwords;
%do j=&i+1 %to &nwords;
%put %scan(&vlist, &i) + %scan(&vlist, &j);
%end;
%end;
%mend;
%loop(&list);
That works perfectly.
Thank you.
HHC
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