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afiqcjohari
Quartz | Level 8

I've sas tables with the following names:

cch_010317

cch_020317

etc

 

what i want is

data want;
set cch_*; run;
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ChrisBrooks
Ammonite | Level 13

You don't really need a regex - just put a colon after the prefix of the table name in the SET statement i.e.

 

data cch_0103017;
   input val;
   datalines;
100
200
;
run;

data cch_0203017;
   input val;
   datalines;
300
400
;
run;

data cch_0303017;
   input val;
   datalines;
500
600
;
run;

data want;
	set cch_:;
run;

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ChrisBrooks
Ammonite | Level 13

You don't really need a regex - just put a colon after the prefix of the table name in the SET statement i.e.

 

data cch_0103017;
   input val;
   datalines;
100
200
;
run;

data cch_0203017;
   input val;
   datalines;
300
400
;
run;

data cch_0303017;
   input val;
   datalines;
500
600
;
run;

data want;
	set cch_:;
run;

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