read a dataset within a dataset

[Reeza]

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@sayanapex06 wrote:

@Patrick Its not working as expected.. I am getting errors.. Cant we place the previous example you gave and place it inside a loop?

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I don't see any errors. 

[sayanapex06]

@Reeza @Patrick in the solution I accepted for this post which is using a call function.... Cant we loop the data statement for each iteration until EOF?? Please help me with that code only

[Reeza]

Do the files have the same data structure?

Assuming they do, you can use a method with the infile and FILEVAR option. The FILEVAR option allows you to specify the input file and the data set used for this contains the reference to the file to be read.

Here's an example of how this would be done from scratch, but you already have the file with the list of files to be read. 

So using step 2 as a starting point in the example here. 

http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/sas/faq/multi_file_read.htm

[Patrick]

@sayanapex06

Please post the log with the error. 

Using Infile ... Filevar= is the most straightforward way for reading multiple same structured input sources into an output table. 

[sayanapex06]

@Patrick do while(not done) is not reading the input dummy file..

do until(not done) is reading wrong values from input dummy file

please give me a way to do this...

[Reeza]

@sayanapex06 post your code and log. 

If you want a macro check the SAS 9.4 macro documentation first example

Replace the Import PROC with your data step

http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/mcrolref/69726/HTML/default/viewer.htm#n0ctmldxf23ixtn1k...