How to name all of my variables except for a few

[jss539]

Hello, I am using a macro to reshape a large dataset (%makewide) and am running into the problem of having 150 different variables I want to put as one of the parameters.  Is there a way to do this without manually typing every single variable?

Thanks in advance.

[ballardw]

What are you doing with the other variables?

And it might help to show the code for your "makewide" macro.

[Reeza]

It depends on how the macro is coded. There are ways to provide variable lists but the macro may not be designed for that so the answer to your question is maybe....

Here is a reference that illustrates how to refer to variables and datasets in a short cut list:
https://blogs.sas.com/content/iml/2018/05/29/6-easy-ways-to-specify-a-list-of-variables-in-sas.html

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@jss539 wrote:

Hello, I am using a macro to reshape a large dataset (%makewide) and am running into the problem of having 150 different variables I want to put as one of the parameters.  Is there a way to do this without manually typing every single variable?

Thanks in advance.

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