The issue is that you are using UTF-16 hexadecimal when UTF-16 decimal is expected for RTF, so 8805 instead of 2265 proc report data=sashelp.class nowindows style(report)={font=('Arial',9.5pt,bold italic) pretext="List of Students Weighing \u8805? 100 Pounds"};       where weight>=100; run; The \uc0 in 's example specifies that there will not be a substitute character for the next unicode sequence (the ? above...) ... View more

Yes, you can compare a variable with more than one other variable.  I may have misread your question at first (still not 100% clear).  Assuming the following is a scaled down version of your problem: options mprint; data a; input id a b c; cards; 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 3 3.1 3.2 3.3 ; data b; input idx abc bcd cde def efg fgh; cards; 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 3 3.1 3.2 3.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 ; run; %macro crazy_compare(); %let a=%sysfunc(open(work.a)); %let b=%sysfunc(open(work.b)); proc compare base=a compare=b /*listequalvar novalues nodate*/ noprint outstat=foobar(where=(_type_='NDIF' and sum(_BASE_, _COMP_)=0)); var %do i=1 %to %sysfunc(attrn(&a., nvars));        %do j=1 %to %sysfunc(attrn(&b., nvars));           %sysfunc(varname(&a., &i.))        %end;     %end; ; with %do i=1 %to %sysfunc(attrn(&a., nvars));         %do j=1 %to %sysfunc(attrn(&b., nvars));            %sysfunc(varname(&b., &j.))         %end;      %end; ; run; %let rc=%sysfunc(close(&a.)); %let rc=%sysfunc(close(&b.)); %mend; %crazy_compare data _null_; set foobar; put _var_ ' = ' _with_; run; id  = idx a  = abc b  = bcd c  = cde ... View more