Hi! Ive come across a issue that I cant seem to find the answer to. Any recommenations most appreciated. I would like create a  series of global variable from inside a macro, the variable name needs to be change according to its contents.  However I can not use call symput as this is only used in datastep, and I am unaware how(if) a %let command can have dynamicf (changing) variable name. Kind Regards, Tekla Example %macro create_string(inf, varlist);    *loopar infile * frågor; %let w = %str();      %do p= 1 %to %sysfunc(countw(&inf.));                 %do i= 1 %to %sysfunc(countw(&varlist.));                           %let a = %scan(&inf.,&p.);                        %let r = %sysfunc(cats(%scan(&inf.,&p.),%scan(&varlist.,&i.)));                        %let v = &v.&r.hh;                 %end; %let w = %sysfunc(tranwrd(&v.,hh,%str())); call symput('x'||&a.,&w.);   * <-- here is the  problem - only works in data step - not inside a  macro!; %let w = %str(); %end; %mend; %create_string(&alla_in., &allv.); ... View more

Hi I am a novice and  have a simple question. How do I create an array with text. I have a macro that needs to run over a series  of variables Like this (which runs fine) %weighted_mean_std (m_vikt_livs1, fr_nki); %weighted_mean_std (m_vikt_livs1, fr_for); %macro a; data test;        array alla{2} fr_nki fr_for;            %do i=1 %to 2;                 %weighted_mean_std (m_vikt_livs1,alla(i));      %end; %mend; %a; But this does not work because the array is wrong it creates a series of empty arrays out of what I would like to be the content of the array. alla does not resolve Thanks for help!!!! ... View more