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hhchenfx
Rhodochrosite | Level 12

Hi,

I have a dataset with var1 var2 ...var100.

I want to code the below macro idea:

%macro test(x=);

Data have;

if var_&x = 3 OR var_&(X-1)=3 OR var_&(x-4)=3 then find=1;

run;

%mend;

so if X=10, the code will check var10, var9 and var6 value.

Yes, I can make it %macro test( x=, y=, z=) .

But I wonder if we can do anything similar this idea.

Thank you,

HHC

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stat_sas
Ammonite | Level 13

%macro test(x=);

Data have;

var_10=3;var_9=3;var_6=3;

if var_&x = 3 OR var_%eval(&X-1)=3 OR var_%eval(&x-4)=3 then find=1;

run;

%mend;

%test(x=10)

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stat_sas
Ammonite | Level 13

%macro test(x=);

Data have;

var_10=3;var_9=3;var_6=3;

if var_&x = 3 OR var_%eval(&X-1)=3 OR var_%eval(&x-4)=3 then find=1;

run;

%mend;

%test(x=10)

Reeza
Super User

Use an array.

%let x=10;

data have;

array var(100) var1-var100;

if var(&x)=3 or var(&x-1)=3 or var(&x-4)=3 then find=1;

run;

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