declare another array with existing array

[PhilC]

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@PeterClemmensen wrote:

Like the other responders, I am unsure what you actually want to do and what fails.

The subject title however leads my mind to the implicit array, which can be created using other arrays. See a small example below.

data _null_;
   array a a1-a5;
   array b b1-b5;
   array ab a b;
run;

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This is interesting to me, but I could not get the above code to work like I expected it to.  I found this on SASnrd.

data d;
   array a (i) a1-a5  (1:5);
   array b (i) b1-b5  (6:10);
   array ab a b;
 
   do over ab;
      do i=1 to 5;
         put ab=;
      end;
   end;
run;

Implicit Vs Explicit Array Explained in SAS - SASnrd