i want to create a macro variable

[bismilla]

i want a create a macro variable by taking all the values of the variable into the macro variable

ex;-

data ds1;

set sashelp.class;

run;

[Kurt_Bremser]

Data belongs in datasets, not in macro variables.

To create macro variables in data steps, use the call symput() subroutine.

[andreas_lds]

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@bismilla wrote:

i want a create a macro variable by taking all the values of the variable into the macro variable

ex;-

data ds1;

set sashelp.class;

run;

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Do want all values of one variable stored in a macro variable or do you want all values of all variables in one macro-variable?

As said by @Kurt_Bremser, storing data in macro variables is almost always not necessary and you will be forced to write more code, than necessary.

This is, by the way, one of the very, very rare cases, in which using proc sql is justified:

proc sql noprint;
  select Name 
    into :NameList separated by ' '
    from sashelp.class
  ;
quit;