Hi! I'd like to rename variables using a macro-
So I have variables for 1-10 programs and I need to rename them the same name based on their suffix but I need to do the rename given prefix= prog1-prog10.
Example:
Prog1_ProgramCat_TEXT= prog_name
Prog2_ProgramCat_TEXT=prog_name
Prog3_ProgramCat_TEXT=prog_name
.. all the way to the prefix= Prog10_
(All info is contained in variable answers; Please let me know if you need more data info)
So here's my crazy attempt to make a code for this:
%macro rename(prgname=, prgchall=, prgven=, prgcost=, prgday=, prgdur=, prgdurun=, prgeval=, prgevent=, prgnum=, prgcat=, prgfreq=, prgsite=, prgstart=, prgconsid=);
data programcondensing;
set WORK.TestExport (keep=agency prog1_: prog2_: prog3_: prog4_: prog5_: prog6_: prog7_: prog8_: prog9_: prog10_: responseid);
%rename &prgconsid = prog_considerations
&prgname= prog_name
&prgchall = prog_challenges
&prgven = prog_vendor
&prgcost= prog_cost
&prgday = prog_date
&prgdur = prog_duration
&prgdurun = prog_duration_unit
&prgeval = prog_eval
&prgevent = prog_type
&prgnum = prog_Num
&prgcat = prog_cat
&prgfreq = prog_freq
&prgsite = prog_site
&prgstart = prog_start;
run;
%mend rename;
options mlogic;
%rename (prgname=:ProgramCat_TEXT, prgchall= :_2, prgven= :_4, prgcost=_5, prgday=:_date_1, prgdur=:_duration, prgdurun=:_durationunit, prgeval=:_evalyesno, prgevent=:_eventtype, prgnum=:_numparticipants, prgcat=:_programcat, prgfreq=:_programfreq, prgsite= :_site_1, prgstart= :_starttime_1, prgconsid=:_1)
Please help:)
Macro? Not needed. Macro variable? YES!
Your problem description isn't entirely clear, you can't rename all of them to prog_name as shown in the example
Here's the general outline of how to do this.
proc contents data=have noprint out=_contents_;
run;
proc sql noprint;
select cats(name,'=','prog',scan(substr(name,4),1,'_'))
into :renames separated by ' ' from _contents_
where name eqt 'prog' and name ? '_ProgramCat_TEXT';
quit;
proc datasets library=work nolist;
modify have;
rename &renames;
delete _contents_;
run;
quit;
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