You need to set validvarname to "any" to use name literals. But you should talk to the admins before doing so.
So someone set the option "validvarname" to "v7" meaning that you can't use fancy variable names, which is in my opinion always a good idea.
You need to set validvarname to "any" to use name literals. But you should talk to the admins before doing so.
Go back to the process that caused the invalid name and fix it so you have valid SAS names.
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