How to filter data based on non-missing values in atleast one of variable in the list

[knveraraju91]

Dear,

I need help in my pgm to filter records based on non-missing values. In my output I need records with non missing values  in at least in one variable(CQ11NAM -CQ14NAM)  (SMQ01nam-SMQ04NAM). I tried CMISS function and list all variables here. But in my actual data I have more than 60 variables. Please suggest. Thank you

data one;
input CQ11NAM $1 CQ12NAM $3 CQ13NAM $5 CQ14NAM $7 SMQ01NAM $9 SMQ02NAM $11 SMQ03NAM $13 SMQ04NAM $15 id 17;
DATALINES;
a               3
          a     2
                1
              d 5
        f       4
         ;
         
         data two;
         set one;
         if cmiss(of CQ11NAM-CQ14NAM,of SMQ01NAM-SMQ04NAM) lt 8 then flag='Y';
         if flag='Y';
         run;

[PeterClemmensen]

Use the double dash like this

data two;
   set one;
   if cmiss(of CQ11NAM -- SMQ04NAM) < 8;
run;

A nice article on creating variable lists is 6 easy ways to specify a list of variables in SAS.