Data col; set brown; if findw("&color", strip(col) ) then output; run; ... View more

I think that you may seriously want to consider just how you are building that list of variables and what you expect to do with it. You have repeats of the same value such as CVEVT_ARRH_CR CVEVT_ARRH_CR CVEVT_ARRH_CR CVEVT_ARRH_CR CVEVT_ARRH_CR CVEVT_ARRH_CR which means that you will likely repeat the same thing 5 times for that value. Which means a likely waste of clock cycles. There are several of these repeated values, so even more wasted clock cycles. OR you are going to have to provide more information somewhere if each of those repeats is to be treated differently. Which means that @PaigeMiller's concise solution may be insufficient in the real task. ... View more

Note that when using the FILEVAR= option it is better to use DO WHILE() instead of DO UNTIL() to avoid any empty file in the list causing the data step to stop early because it read past the end the input file. infile IN filevar=FILENAME end=EOF; do while (not EOF); input; if find(_INFILE_, TEXT, 't') then output; end;   ... View more